Eurisko

Eurisko is a very clever set of software that was used to break the Traveller Trillion Credit Squadron game.

Description (Specifications)

It was developed by Douglas Lenat.

History & Background (Dossier)

Trillion Credit Squadron was used as a test case for artificial intelligence researcher Douglas Lenat's machine learning system Eurisko.

• Lenat programmed the TCS tournament rules into Eurisko, and the system designed a fleet of large, stationary, defenseless, and heavily armed ships. This fleet then won the 1981 TCS national championship tournament at the Origins '81 convention. GDW changed the rules for the following tournament, but Eurisko adapted to the changes and its fleet won the championship again. GDW threatened to cancel the tournament if a Eurisko-designed fleet entered again, and Lenat declined to do so, accepting the title "Grand Admiral" as consolation. Lenat's 1981 fleet design (including 75 Eurisko class Gunships) was printed in JTAS issue #10.

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