Some of us would rather not see how a computer thinks. Can't we just get away with imagining all the "1s and 0s"
bopping around magically, doing our bidding?
This one's for you curious-minded blokes, who want to get some insight into just how much "thought" goes into a
computer's chess move.
We don't usually copy and paste from another site, but this explanation from the source sums up what's going on very
well:
When it is your (White's) turn to move, the chess board will gently pulse to show the influence of the various
pieces. in the left image below, you can see waves over the squares around the king and (very lightly) over the squares
where the pawns might capture. When the machine (Black) is thinking, a network of curves is overlaid on the board [...]
The curves show potential moves—often several turns in the future—considered by the computer. Orange curves are moves
by black; green curves are ones by white. The brighter curves are thought by the program to be better for
white.
