Author: Peter Hegger
Date: 08:35:53 08/18/00
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On August 18, 2000 at 10:54:02, Nuno Maltez wrote: >On August 18, 2000 at 10:08:26, Peter Hegger wrote: > >>On August 18, 2000 at 06:00:47, Stefano Gemma wrote: >> >>They've done something very similar to an evolving program in the game of >>checkers. The stronger programs are allowed to re-produce while the weaker ones >>are allowed to die off. So far, an expert strength checkers program has evolved >>from one which knew only the rules. The same thing done in chess would be very >>interesting. > >Do you have any links or references where I could find more info about this? > >Thanks in advance, >Nuno Hello, If I remember correctly, there was a write-up about the above checkers program in the online version of the New York Times about 2 weeks ago. However, you had to register with them (free) to read the online version. They mentioned in the article that although the program had reached the expert level, master and grandmaster checkers players were still beating it consistently. I hope this helps. Regards, Peter
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