The article says that the AI program they developed excels in Limit Hold-em. Limit poker is highly mathematic, ou can play just premium hands, taking good consideration of the pot odds and implied odds, and you'll probably eek out a small profit in the long run.
No-limit poker, however, is a different animal entirely. As the popular poker saying goes: "Limit poker is a science, but no-limit is an art. In limit you are shooting at a target. In no-limit, the target comes alive and shoots back at you." You cannot just play by the book in no-limit, you'll really have to pick your spots and gamble from time to time. Position and implied odds also exert greater weight on the outcome of the hand than they do in Limit poker. Playing the player becomes more important, not just playing your cards. That's why the World Championship is decided over a game of No-limit Hold 'Em.
How would one start to design an AI that can play no-limit rather than just limit poker? The computer won't just have to decide whether to bet or fold, it'll also have to figure out how much to bet. It also has to consider the dangers of re-opening the betting when doing so gives the other players of putting you all in. It'll have to pick its spots on when to gamble or when to fold, etc.
Will any AI ever be able to figure this all out? To outplay the Doyle Brunsons, the Phil Iveys, and the Stu Ungars of the poker world just like Deep Blue once did with Kasparov? I know I'd love to see one someday.
Will I be able to dual boot Windows or Linux with this thing?
And regarding Linux, will the existing drivers work for the components or will new ones have to be written for it?
No successors to the iBook yet. Just the MacBook taking over where the Powerbook left off. Apple's going to be losing a few market share in this regard since the iBooks were always the ones that competed best against PC laptops regarding Price/Features.
And here we were expecting Mac Minis and the iBook to be first to be offered with Intel Inside. I once again nominate Apple to run the CIA.
Fuckdammit, my story submission which contains appropriate links to Apple's iBook and Mac mini pages gets rejected, and this is what get approved?!? Crazy editors.
Sorry, just ranting. You can mod me down now.
How they will be able to still get people to buy the existing PPC-based Macs. Smart people won't buy something that'll be obsolete in ayear. They've probably just killed off their sales for the entire year, at least until the new Intel Macs roll in.
I joined the Regionals held here in Manila, Philippines. My team finished 8th, but was the second best of all Filipino teams. (Japan, Hong Kong, and Indonesia like to send their teams here, maybe because they might have a bigger chance of winning here than anywhere else.) My school also sent my team to the Regionals in Shanghai, but we finished only with an Honorable Mention. =p
Anyway, the story around here is that during their summer break, the Shanghai Jiaotong University teams trained by answering around 2000 problems. They really do deserve that Championship. Congratulations to them!
So you'd rather that they not make this and let blind people have the "freedom" to choose what thousand dollar screen reader to buy for what platform, instead of having it built in FOR FREE?!?
Yup let them spend thousand of dollars just to avoid a "lock-out". I can't believe you.
Don't they make the G4 processors in the eMac's, iMac's, iBook's, and Powerbooks sold by Apple currently? They're still very much producing them if you ask me.
They got more info on the Developer Tools too right here
It uses GCC 3.3 now, and from the looks of it, Xcode is gonna rock! Oh, and if you'll look at the Darwin link, you'll notice that the Terminal in the image uses bash instead of tcsh. Darn, and I was just getting used to the C Shell too.=) Oh well then...
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Got some tips on how I can find companies willing to sponsor working visas in Canada?
The article says that the AI program they developed excels in Limit Hold-em. Limit poker is highly mathematic, ou can play just premium hands, taking good consideration of the pot odds and implied odds, and you'll probably eek out a small profit in the long run.
No-limit poker, however, is a different animal entirely. As the popular poker saying goes: "Limit poker is a science, but no-limit is an art. In limit you are shooting at a target. In no-limit, the target comes alive and shoots back at you." You cannot just play by the book in no-limit, you'll really have to pick your spots and gamble from time to time. Position and implied odds also exert greater weight on the outcome of the hand than they do in Limit poker. Playing the player becomes more important, not just playing your cards. That's why the World Championship is decided over a game of No-limit Hold 'Em.
How would one start to design an AI that can play no-limit rather than just limit poker? The computer won't just have to decide whether to bet or fold, it'll also have to figure out how much to bet. It also has to consider the dangers of re-opening the betting when doing so gives the other players of putting you all in. It'll have to pick its spots on when to gamble or when to fold, etc.
Will any AI ever be able to figure this all out? To outplay the Doyle Brunsons, the Phil Iveys, and the Stu Ungars of the poker world just like Deep Blue once did with Kasparov? I know I'd love to see one someday.
Will I be able to dual boot Windows or Linux with this thing? And regarding Linux, will the existing drivers work for the components or will new ones have to be written for it? No successors to the iBook yet. Just the MacBook taking over where the Powerbook left off. Apple's going to be losing a few market share in this regard since the iBooks were always the ones that competed best against PC laptops regarding Price/Features. And here we were expecting Mac Minis and the iBook to be first to be offered with Intel Inside. I once again nominate Apple to run the CIA.
for a minute there I thought they were finally launching Copernicus Center, their Lunar base.
Any news on a true sequel to Starcraft? I hear that Blizzard is already working on a new yet-unannounced title.
Fuckdammit, my story submission which contains appropriate links to Apple's iBook and Mac mini pages gets rejected, and this is what get approved?!? Crazy editors. Sorry, just ranting. You can mod me down now.
How they will be able to still get people to buy the existing PPC-based Macs. Smart people won't buy something that'll be obsolete in ayear. They've probably just killed off their sales for the entire year, at least until the new Intel Macs roll in.
I joined the Regionals held here in Manila, Philippines. My team finished 8th, but was the second best of all Filipino teams. (Japan, Hong Kong, and Indonesia like to send their teams here, maybe because they might have a bigger chance of winning here than anywhere else.) My school also sent my team to the Regionals in Shanghai, but we finished only with an Honorable Mention. =p Anyway, the story around here is that during their summer break, the Shanghai Jiaotong University teams trained by answering around 2000 problems. They really do deserve that Championship. Congratulations to them!
How about my 1st gen iBook G4 12" 800 Mhz G4? Is it supported by Core Image?
So you'd rather that they not make this and let blind people have the "freedom" to choose what thousand dollar screen reader to buy for what platform, instead of having it built in FOR FREE?!? Yup let them spend thousand of dollars just to avoid a "lock-out". I can't believe you.
Don't they make the G4 processors in the eMac's, iMac's, iBook's, and Powerbooks sold by Apple currently? They're still very much producing them if you ask me.
Since my 12" iBook G4 isn't included in this program, I take it they don't have the same logic board risks? Whew!
They got more info on the Developer Tools too right here It uses GCC 3.3 now, and from the looks of it, Xcode is gonna rock! Oh, and if you'll look at the Darwin link, you'll notice that the Terminal in the image uses bash instead of tcsh. Darn, and I was just getting used to the C Shell too.=) Oh well then...