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by CrociDB 813 days ago
> The computer played three games. The first was played against itself. The second one was against a strong human player, who played without a queen. The human player won. In the third game, MANIAC I played against a laboratory assistant who had been taught the rules of chess in the preceding week specifically for the game. The computer won, marking the first time that a computer had beaten a human player in a chess-like game

I think this paragraph is kinda funny.

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I was disappointed that the lab assistant is not named.