Artificial intelligence experts bring gaming to a new level in Pittsburgh. From: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA) | Date: July 12, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Byron Spice

Jul. 12--Artificial intelligence researchers from around the world have come to Pittsburgh this week to play Chinese checkers.

They've also been playing -- or, actually, having computers play -- a version of the board game Othello called Nothello, where the goal is to lose, not gain, as many chips as possible. And they've had computers playing other games you've never played and, more importantly, that the computers have never played.