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Computer scientists in Canada have spent the last two decades trying to perfect a computer program that cannot lose at a game of checkers. Today they’ve done it.
In order to achieve this, the team at the University of Alberta used an average of 50 concurrently running computers to compute all 500 billion billion possible combinations of moves.
The program, named “Chinook”, can now beat (or draw) any unfortunate opponent that attempts to best it.
Want to put Chinook’s skills to the test? You can play the invincible machine in an online match here. (Only 24 games are allowed at a time.)
Via NYT
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