Turbulence.org has this neat Java Chess game that allows you to visualize how the computer evaluates it’s next move.
Of course it’s extremely slowed down, since a computer can evaluate thousands of moves in a fraction of a second, but it’s interesting to see just how many moves are tested before the move is done.
Click the image or this link to Turbulence’s Thinking Machine 4.
Source: Gizmodo
Now if they could just program a computer to play GO half way decently.
Yeah.. that’d be hard. xD
I wish I could learn how to play Go half way decently… xD