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Artificial Intelligence in Poker
Markian Hlynka writes "The University of Alberta's research into Poker AI is featured in this New York Times article. There is also detailed discussion of the game of Poker, and the 'new breed' of players who have honed their abilities online. See the U of A's poker project for more information."
She'll probably want dinner first, though.
New York Times article reviewed. Gotta put an end to this.
If the AI is too good, we can't get the girls naked.
Mmm, EGA boobies...
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And when to use a Beowulf cluster to simulate every possible strategy.
Then does the AI cheat?
Are you secure enough in your masculinity to run 'man touch'?
Wouldn't you prefer a nice game of chess?
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.
I played strip poker with this computer I met in university once. Things were going great until I popped off the cover and found a positively ancient motherboard.
Gross! It was like I'd just walked in on my Walkman(TM) while it was rewinding.
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is it included?
It's just a BloJJ
Poker in the front, Liquor in the rear.
You have to type in little poker face emoticons. :-/
KappaStone
Of course, the bot doesn't cheat:
"""Q: Why are the bots such filthy rotten cheaters?!?!
A: Poki does not cheat. Poki connects to the online server just like any other player, and does not have access to any other player's private cards. The server's random number generator is sound (although not as sophisticated as most online servers). Any weird or suspicious outcomes are simply the result of luck . This is a normal part of poker. If you believe otherwise, you are more than welcome to play somewhere else.""" (from the FAQ)
I mean, come on - it's a normal part of poker :)
With an AI opponent you play so the opponent loses their clothes as fast as possible.
With a live opponent you play so you both lose your clothes at approximatly the same rate.
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If you register online to read a story, their spybots automatically pin down your location using an algorithm based on the well-know scientifical principal that YOUR COMPUTER IS TRANSMITTING AN IP ADDRESS! Using this "IP ADDRESS", they can scan MSN mapquest and find out where you live. Once they have that information, it is a simple matter to send a priority override to point the NSA mind-control satellites (when they're not otherwise busy zapping agriglyphs into English wheatfields) at your house to read your mind. Then they steal your precious intellectual property, which they license to SCO!
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
"Artificial Intelligence" is common in home poker games-Its called BEER
The trick is to make sure your opponents are sufficiently fueled by "Artificial Inteligence" and you will come out way ahead
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Bad enough I have to play with newbies at the blackjack tables, now I have to play with HAL at the poker table...
"Fold Dave..."
Why worry? Each of us is wearing an unlicensed "nucular" accelerator on his back.
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Some people I have spoken with few days ago about this research told me they are worried that if the intelligence is too high this AI could refuse to risk its money gambling... I am not quite sure if they were serious though.
Karma: Positive (probably because of superiour intellect)
Invite several people over, buy a deck of cards and a pack of beer, and play. Just turn off the computer if you feel the need to code a quick AI in lisp. It will be there for you later, ready to greet you.
-Libertarian secular transhumanist
goddammit, This article wasn't even about Chess, and you managed to bring it up and make a post about Go in the same freaking post.
No one gives a shit about go except for people trolling Chess articles...