>..."Could one make a machine to play chess, and to improve its play, game by game, profiting from its experience?" This reinforcement learning approach to ches

>..."Could one make a machine to play chess, and to improve its play, game by game, profiting from its experience?" This reinforcement learning approach to chess did not enjoy much success--until AlphaZero. Don't forget Samuel's computer checkers program from 1959. It was among the world's first successful self-learning programs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Samuel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Samuel