This was my first "AI" project, back in high school! I had a "win statistic" for each possible play, for each game state. It taught itself to play by playing p

This was my first "AI" project, back in high school! I had a "win statistic" for each possible play, for each game state. It taught itself to play by playing partially random moves, then going back and updating the win statistic for each game state in the play chain. I was mesmerized, watching it teach itself to play.