Playing Checkers with Machines--from Ajeeb to Chinook.

Chess-playing automata that also played checkers were built in Europe from the late eighteenth century. One of these, named Ajeeb, came to the United States, spending much of the time from 1885 into the 1930s in New York and taking occasional tours around the country. The advent of electronic comput...

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Publicado en:Information & Culture Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 578 - 588
Autor principal: Kidwell, Peggy Aldrich
Formato: Essay
Publicado: University of Texas Press 2015
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