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It struggles a little with complex positions, like when there are an even number of moves and it has to round down, but when run against itself it's capable of finding some novelties. At one point I saw six knights on the board at once; Stockfish rarely exceeds four.

https://explainxkcd.com/3045/

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[-] Maetani@jlai.lu 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[-] MHLoppy@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

Fun watch, thanks for linking!

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yup. In fact, it is just Arithmetic (24:43) set to ½.

[-] Deebster@infosec.pub 1 points 1 month ago

As soon as I saw the comic, I came to check that someone had posted this classic.

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