I remember reading about Blondie24, a program that learned to play checkers at a high level without human input. It was based on neural network and genetic alg

I remember reading about Blondie24, a program that learned to play checkers at a high level without human input. It was based on neural network and genetic algorithm technology. From the Wikipedia entry: "The significance of the Blondie24 program is that its ability to play checkers did not rely on any human expertise of the game. Rather, it came solely from the total points earned by each player and the evolutionary process itself." [1]. In addition to numerous journal articles, the creators wrote a lay-person book on their creation: Blondie24: playing at the edge of AI, by David B. Fogel [2]. [1]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie24 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie24 [2]. https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=501597 https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=501597