Edward T. Tonai likes to code. A lot. That's pretty much all you need to know right now.
It's been a while since I've updated this. I worked on my Pentago AI off and on for a while, then worked on it regularly in January. But I stopped all work on that go work on the Google AI Challenge (http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/contest/).
It's a lot of fun. Right now, I'm ranked somewhere in the top 10 (rankings fluctuate a bit), listed as "EdwardTonai" so there's no confusion which is *MY* entry.
Anyway, what really prompted me to write this is that I get an email from someone who saw my ranking there, and googled me, and found tonai.net and then emailed me! He said he was a student and asked for my code!!! I'm so honored.
I denied him, of course. First off, he asked for my C++ code, and I'm writing it in C#. Second, I looked him up, and it appears he has a Python entry in the Google AI Challenge. Third, I'm not giving out my code to anyone until after the contest ends. I'm in contention!