What is Mittens? A chess nightmare behind an innocent kitty bot

What is Mittens? A chess nightmare behind an innocent kitty bot(esports.gg)

8 points by apress 3 years ago | 6 comments

shric 3 years ago |

I'm not sure what the hype is about. It's another chess bot that's not as good as the best. There are so many of these already. Is it because it has a cute name and avatar?

hayksaakian 3 years ago | |

Yes, someone realized that marketing still works on everyone, and decided to put some legwork into promoting their chess bot.

I'm surprised it took so long too.

I would have expected to see AI versions of well known grandmasters and other notable figures to drive users to these chess sites.

zecaurubu 3 years ago | |

Smells like a "submarine"-type PR story (http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html) for chess.com.

mumblemumble 3 years ago | |

Yes, of course.

alar44 3 years ago |

This is garbage compared to Stockfish. This isn’t news or interesting.

DarkmSparks 3 years ago |

what a fantasticly cute way to get chess some attention and make it less "stuffy".

maximum internet points to whoever came up with the idea.