I wrote a program for TicTacToe back in 1975 for a Monroe Calculator. I had a cheat key you could use to launch the game which would allow to win, it only would stop obvious winning situations, otherwise, the calculator would win or tie. My 8 year old sister played so bad, she beat it in winning mode!!!
Sent from my iPhone > On May 8, 2020, at 1:01 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > >> >>> 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 > >> I am not very familiar with the game theory of Tic Tac Toe. However, what >> you say does make sense and in general I would think the best that can be >> hoped for between adult player and a computer is a tie (barring no stupid >> mistakes on the part of the human player). However, according to the New >> Yorker article the Manrobot beat the human player five times in a row.... >> hence my quip about the WOPR. > > Consider the possibility that the writer took "did not lose 5 times in a > row", and wrote that as "WON 5 times in a row". >
