In this keynote from InterSystems READY 2026, legendary chess world champion, author, and AI advocate Garry Kaparov shares a deeply personal perspective on artificial intelligence — one shaped not by theory, but by direct experience as the first knowledge worker to have his job threatened by a machine.
Far from a cautionary tale, Kasparov's message is one of optimism, realism, and actionable insight. Drawing on his career at the intersection of chess, computing, and human cognition, he explains why the future of AI is not competition but collaboration — and why the most effective partners in the age of intelligent machines will be those who understand how to add the decisive few percent of human judgment, creativity, and context that machines cannot replicate.
Presented by Garry Kasparov