I'm probably remembering it wrong, it was a long time ago. It definitely always either won or tied but could never lose, because it knew the right responses to every move. No, it didn't cheat lol.

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How do you define cheating in such a simple game?

[–] rat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Placing moves in invalid locations, passing a turn, or making multiple moves on one turn?

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There are no invalid locations in tic Tac toe, passing a turn provides no advantage, I suppose you could take extra turns to cheat.

[–] rat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 16 hours ago

An invalid turn would be something like placing a move on top of an already-filled square or outside of the 9 grid spaces. It seems obvious to a human that you can't do these things, but computer bugs have a tendency to do things you don't expect. And yes, passing a turn doesn't provide an advantage, but I listed it because it's still technically cheating.