Chess and Language as Paradigmatic Cases for Artificial Intelligence

The article titled "Chess and Language as Paradigmatic Cases for Artificial Intelligence" by William Benzon discusses the origins of the digital computer, which emerged from devices built during World War II for code cracking and artillery calculations. It notes that shortly after the computer's invention, there was interest in using it for chess and language. Alan Turing developed Turochamp, an algorithm for playing chess in 1948.