Hi Tim / Hi all,
It might be worth reaching out to Jens Averkamp who I believe was in contact with a Dev team working this avenue.
I also tried to get in touch with Demis, CEO of Deepmind (who almost certainly can play bg) a while ago, but I don't think my message completed its intended journey to him (via his P.A).
After seeing what Deepmind has done to publicize Go and StarCraft, I was hoping the same might be possible for backgammon. Does anybody else fancy seeing Mochy beat Deepmind? ;)
Good luck!
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