There was a post (in Code, I believe, but I can't find it; why can't supersearch be limited to code? Update: found it! a simple game AI that learns (answer, 'cause code is so well catogorized)) a while back of a learning system for ... tictactoe? or some but it was to be applied to general 'simple' games. Sorry, not much more than a hint but it was out there.

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