Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Does anyone remember when Deep Blue was the best it could get for board games played by artificial intelligence? Let’s not brag about it too much, but today, Bridge Base Online has GIB. GIB is short for either Ginsberg’s Intelligent Bridgeplayer, or Goren-in-a-Box. I guess it depends who you ask. If you’re new to BBO,…

A game of bridge is a collection of statistics, and the stats change with every trick. To play a game of bridge, chess, or anything else that gets played on a tabletop, strategy isn’t stagnant. Strategy changes with every move. What you’re doing with your cards or pieces halfway through the game often has nothing…

Marc Smith visits the TampAlt Qualifying event Last week, we saw the action from the early rounds of the qualifying event for TampAlt. A 12-match Swiss Teams with the top eight teams advancing to the main event, we now check out events as the final qualifying places are decided. As usual, we start with a…