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xkcd #3045: AlphaMove (xkcd.com)

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It struggles a little with complex positions, like when there are an even number of moves and it has to round down, but when run against itself it's capable of finding some novelties. At one point I saw six knights on the board at once; Stockfish rarely exceeds four.

https://explainxkcd.com/3045/

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

This reminds me of this masterpiece https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpXy041BIlA

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yup. In fact, it is just Arithmetic (24:43) set to ½.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

As soon as I saw the comic, I came to check that someone had posted this classic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Fun watch, thanks for linking!