Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

When I first discovered bridge playing and got into it, I’m glad that I competed against bots before I tried to play real humans. One reason for this is because I, as neophyte bridge player, had no idea what I was doing yet. Bots are patient. I can lose against a bot seven-hundred times in…

I’ve always found artificial intelligence interesting. While playing first-person-shooter games, I would increase the difficulty level against bots until they were almost super-human in their abilities and speed. I found that humans were easier to play after I honed my skills on bots. AI is what powers video game opponents on single player-mode. It’s what…

Online bridge is meant to be simple, and the Bridge Base Online platform is able to run on the majority of smartphones and thinking-devices. I suppose that it would be theoretically possible to play online bridge using a smart fridge, but I can’t find evidence that someone has tried it yet. If you own a…