“Another lonely night…”

Alberta, Canada - While some computer scientists improve computers, Canadian scientsts improve computers at Checkers. Jonathan Schaeffer and his crackpot team finally developed a computer that can only win or tie at Checkers. As said by Schaeffer:

I think we’ve raised the bar, and raised it quite a bit, in terms of what can be achieved in computer technology and artificial intelligence.

Phase one: create 500 billion combinations at checkers with artificial intelligence complete. Now onto phase two: Apply techniques learned to build a girlfriend who will listen to Schaeffer talk about Magic the Gathering for endless hours.

My basement is looking: cooler.