From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Mon Feb 10 2003 - 11:49:46 MST
> Lucky for us, when computers finally play chess better than humans
> outright, it's in the nature of humans to create a brand new game
> that we excel and watch computers catch up again ... ;-)
Poker is the next challenge. The currently best programs are the
University of Alberta's and a commercial simulator, neither of which
is able to keep up with a moderately skilled human player. There is
now, however, a financial incentive for creating better programs:
internet casinos. There are probably bots playing them already, and
they can make money because the vast majority of players aren't even
moderately skilled. But it won't be long before some of them raise
the bar and start beating the pros.
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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