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Letter: A fitting challenge for artificial minds

Published 25 May 2016

From Bill Moody

Mary Midgley describes a Go grandmaster being defeated by “a conspiracy of all known previous grandmasters, ably helped by a similar conspiracy of experts in computer programming” (Letters, 16 April). Having only ever been able to complete two computer games, I have long suspected a conspiracy among game designers. If we humans want to get our own back, perhaps we should try to build an artificial intelligence to play ” Mornington Crescent” as featured in I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue on BBC Radio. As devotees understand, revenge is a dish best served at Colliers Wood.

Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK

Issue no. 3075 published 28 May 2016

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