There are only a few winning and tying patterns for tic tac toe. There was a fellow that made a relay logic that could play tic tac toe and would win against a human of at least tie but never lose. Checkers is one of the most complicated games. Dwight
________________________________ From: cctalk <[email protected]> on behalf of Ali via cctalk <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 10:08 AM To: 'William Sudbrink' <[email protected]>; 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Odd book > Yes, the Monrobot is particularly interesting > because (among other things) it was reviewed > in the New Yorker magazine. > > https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1960/03/19/portable-robot That must have been quite a machine to beat a person five times in Tic Tac Toe. Even the WOPR couldn't do that... -Ali
