 | Daniel C. Dennett - Philosophy - 1996 - 596 pages
...between the "adult" program and Robert Nealey, a checkers champion. Nealey was gracious in defeat: "In the matter of the end game, I have not had such...human being since 1954, when I lost my last game." It took a superb lecture by my colleague George Smith in an introductory course in computer science... | |
 | David B. Fogel - Computers - 2002 - 430 pages
...interesting to me to note that the computer had to make several star moves in order to get the win, and that I had several opportunities to draw otherwise....from any human being since 1954, when I lost my last game.14 If Nealey's assessment was completely forthcoming, then he truly didn't understand the endgame... | |
 | B. Jack. Copeland - Science - 2004 - 622 pages
...immediately turned the tables and beat the programme in six consecutive games, is reported to have said: 'In the matter of the end game, I have not had such...human being since 1954, when I lost my last game.' 14 Strachey was thinking about mechanized learning at the time of writing his draughts player. He devised... | |
 | Margaret A. Boden - Psychology - 2006 - 964 pages
...is very interesting to me to note that the computer had to make several star moves in order to win, and that I had several opportunities to draw otherwise....human being since 1954, when I lost my last game. (Feigenbaum and Feldman 1963: 104; italics added) The publicity generated was huge. (IBM weren't happy.... | |
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I've been able to find. It is very interesting to me to note that the computer had to make several star moves in order to get the win, and that I had several opportunities to draw otherwise. That is why I kept the game going. The machine, therefore, played... 