!!Con West 2019 - Zack M. Davis: Minimax search and the structure of cognition!

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Presented at !!Con West 2019: http://bangbangcon.com/west

We discuss an algorithm for playing chess — or Reversi, or Tic-Tac-Toe, or indeed, any two-player, zero-sum, perfect information game — and its surprising philosophical implications for cognitive science, free will, and ourselves.



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