Re: computer-go: Complexity & SW

[Michael D Richard <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
	Mr. Brown's mailbox is full, and he is unable to respond
to my request that he post from a subscribed address.  

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Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 08:17:54 -0500
From: "Richard Brown" <rbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


Ever neat!  Nice demo of how differently humans and computers relate
to the same problem.

Don Dailey wrote:

> Now this game is fairly simple to describe, but it's probably a little
> awkward  to play, constantly  having to  keep  up with the nubmers you
> have chosen and  always trying to figure out  if any combination of  3
> adds up to 15.

If I get to go first, I pick "5".

If you go first and don't pick "5", I pick "5".

Now I only have two numbers to worry about.

Rich
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