Neurogammon wins Computer Olympiad

[Rik Belew]

	From TESAURO at ibm.com Wed Oct  4 00:35:31 1989
	To: connectionists at CS.CMU.EDU
	Subject: Neurogammon wins Computer Olympiad
	
	... This is a victory
	not only for neural networks, but for the entire machine learning
	community, as it is apparently the first time in the history of
	computer games that a learning program has ever won a tournament.

Congratulations Gerry!  And I think your highlighting the
win by a *learning* (v. special-purpose programmed) solution is
appropriate.  But as to being first, don't you think Arthur Samuel's
checker player gets the distinction?  At least when you
think about the antique hardware/software 'environment' he had
to use?
	Rik Belew