Computers crack famous board game

Computers crack famous board game

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6907018.stm

…and how much are they paying these guys?

But it seems not to be an entirely logic process, more one of regurgitating a move by remembering every possible combination. That’s cheating imo. They haven’t cracked the game.

I have to agree with Balrog, this is not an instance of having created a program which will intelligently play checkers, it’s merely a very large database of moves which have been pre-ranked for effectiveness depending on the position of the pieces on the board.

Do we not as humans do that anyway ?

We learn what move’s are good / what to avoid we look ahead at what may occur based on previous game’s played.

Surely only difference is the computer has a better memory…

Well it means it won’t play like a human, cheat, bluff, play the 2nd best move for advantage… it’s an eternal Turingesque question isn’t it? Is competence the same as intelligence? Logic the same as thought? Answers on a postcard to:

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