computers "solve" Checkers

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-web_checkers_1_p.m.jul20,1,3313891.story?coll=chi-news-hed

Hmmm, there are several games I consider bedrock. Computers now seem to dominate checkers and chess, I suppose Go will be next, (I bet that'll be a lot harder to master); and that'll leave the two most "human" games - poker and Diplomacy. It'll be interesting to see if there are formulas developed for calculating odds and bets for 7 card stud. I suppose there are, and they'll get more and more sophisticated playing on averages and statistics. The question will be if that's enough to take on intuition and the knowledge of a human that they're just playing a giant calculator relying on statistics. It'll be interesting to see how that contest plays out.
As for Diplomacy. It's a purely human game. Oh, I've heard of a program that plays it, but that's not the point. The very fact that a machine is playing means it's a totally different game than from what was intended. Anyone can move the move the pieces, it's the human interaction that makes the game. I would no more negotiate with a computer than I would with a trash compacter.It's comparing apples and oranges, and will never be done.