Deep Blue's victory was a trivial event, long expected, that has added nothin g of significance to the debate. The simplest example of such a device is the abacus. O nes are modeled by beads, zeros by empty spaces along rods. Muscles of the hand and arm furnish the energy. O f course, the power of an abacus is severely limited by the small number of rods and beads and by the long time it takes to operate the device.
Mechanical computers are more efficient.
No human mind could have calculated, as computers have easily done, pi to millions of decimal digits. The fact that computer programs c an play grandmaster chess is no more surprising than their ability to multiply g igantic numbers faster than any human lightning calculator. Deep Blue defeated K asparov in a totally mindless way. It no more knew it was playing chess than a v acuum cleaner knows it is cleaning a rug. It cares not a whit whether it wins or loses.