Computer Poker was RE: kasparov vs junior drawn

From: Gary Miller (garymiller@starband.net)
Date: Mon Feb 10 2003 - 13:14:23 MST

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    >> There is now, however, a financial incentive for creating better
    programs: internet casinos.

    Where's the financial incentive when the program can look at your cards,
    and the deck if it wants to and you'd be none the wiser. Their biggest
    problem is not winning but letting the suckers who play them win often
    enogh to keep them coming back with more money!
     

    -----Original Message-----
    From: owner-extropians@extropy.org [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]
    On Behalf Of Lee Daniel Crocker
    Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 1:50 PM
    To: extropians@extropy.org
    Subject: Re: kasparov vs junior drawn

    > 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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