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What Happened with AI’s Drosophila?

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Österreichische Artificial Intelligence-Tagung

Part of the book series: Informatik-Fachberichte ((2252,volume 106))

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This paper analyses the relations of artificial inteLLigence and computer chess (its former “drosophila”). First, it reviews the recent history. Then some controversial issues are discussed (search paradigms, benefits of minimax Lookahead and. if programs understand the game of chess). Moreover, the experience with our own chess program (MERLIN) is used to give some insight into the role of knowledge here, cLassifiying it into “dynamic” and “static” knowledge.

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  1. Marxergasse 18/2/1, 1030, Vienna, Austria

    Hermann Kaindl

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  1. Institut für Medizinische Kybernetik und Artificial Intelligence, Universität Wien, Freyung 6, A-1010, Wien, Österreich

    Harald Trost

  2. Siemens AG Österreich, Göllnergasse 15, A-1030, Wien, Österreich

    Johannes Retti

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Kaindl, H. (1985). What Happened with AI’s Drosophila?. In: Trost, H., Retti, J. (eds) Österreichische Artificial Intelligence-Tagung. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 106. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46552-9_22

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