Computers crack famous board game
…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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