No. There is a scoring heuristic that AI programs use to determine if they are winning or not - ie: +2 stone ahead, -2 stones behind, etc. (Note: I don't actua

No. There is a scoring heuristic that AI programs use to determine if they are winning or not - ie: +2 stone ahead, -2 stones behind, etc. (Note: I don't actually know what the real heuristic is, I'm making it up). A computer will have no real reaction to a "try to lose" or counter intuitive move; it would merely recalculate the heuristic score and doing exactly what it has been doing all along - finding the next move that maximizes that score.