'Unbeatable' Checkers Program Designed

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'Unbeatable' Checkers Program Designed

September 6, 2007 | ISSUE 45•01 ISSUE 43•36

Scientists at the University of Alberta have developed a computer program that can never lose a checkers match, making checkers the most complex game solved to date. What do you think?

So it took them nearly 20 years to make a 12-year-old nerd that no one wants to play with. Awesome.

James Martin
Air-Conditioning Repairman
Along with daily weather bulletins and birthday reminders, science is apparently turning computers into my grandfather.

Joseph DeLaRosa
Produce Manager
Yes, but what protocol does it have to deal with me flipping over the board in disgust and calling it a homo when I don't like the way the game is going?

Anna Tuchman
Union Rep

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