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In the U.S. as a kid, they aired some of these programs. On one episode, they showed a computer playing tic-tac-toe (naughts and crosses) and claimed that it l
by russfink 8y ago
In the U.S. as a kid, they aired some of these programs. On one episode, they showed a computer playing tic-tac-toe (naughts and crosses) and claimed that it learned as it went. To this day, I don't know how it did that - maybe building a simple game tree? Still impressive. I always wanted one, but could afford only the TS-1000 (ZX81 but black). I was like 12.
- martincmartin 8y agoI did this as a kid in the 1980s. :) If you exploit the symmetry, so that there are only 3 initial moves (center, corner and edge) its manageable to do by hand. Don't even need a computer. And here's an old Scientific American article about a device that learns a simplified subset of chess called Hexapawn. It's not a computer, but about 25 matchboxes. :) https://www.gwern.net/docs/rl/1991-gardner-ch8amatchboxgamelearningmachine.pdf https://www.gwern.net/docs/rl/1991-gardner-ch8amatchboxgamel...
- mrguyorama 8y agoThat matchbox "computer" in action, courtesy of Standupmaths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9c-_neaxeU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9c-_neaxeU
- protomyth 8y agoIn the history of computers, I don't think Sir Clive Sinclair gets near enough credit for the number of programmers that resulted from his machines that had no chance to afford something more.