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		graton on June 9, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An interview code submission that wasn’t even subm... `To never lose at TicTacToe is not possible` Sorry I don't understand that. Normal playing at decent skill level is going to always lead to a draw, which is not losing. Am I missing something?

tsegratis on June 9, 2020 [–]

I was counting failure to win as loss. Your take is correct and better

My main other point :/ :) is a full -never-loosing- AI takes 6 if statements, and minimax is technically wrong for that goal

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