This appears no longer to be the case. But what does this mean for online poker? Are we doomed to a future of robot domination? Will online poker cease to exist?<\/p>\n
\nWell, for a start, Libratus is the H-bomb of pokerbots and isn\u2019t likely to fall into the wrong hands, or even be used to play poker in the long-term.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nIts real-world applications in the future are likely to be in the fields of business, the military, medicine or cybersecurity; anywhere a decision must be made based on incomplete information.<\/p>\n
Human Behavior<\/b><\/h2>\n
The truth is, pokerbots that can turn a profit online at no limit hold\u2019em do exist and have for some time, although estimates vary about the extent of their proliferation. Most of these are so-called \u201cplug and play\u201d bots and, their sophistication is limited, certainly in comparison to Libratus.<\/p>\n
They are also reasonably easy for online poker sites, which scour their games for \u201cnon-human\u201d behaviors, to spot.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nEven more rare\u00a0are bots that have been coded to a high level of sophistication, and require constant tweaks and adjustment from the creator.<\/p>\n
These may be programmed to ape human behavior by, for example, randomly sitting out and taking breaks, perhaps even mis-clicking every so often or occasionally typing comments into the chatbox.<\/p>\n
AI is certainly a threat to online poker but we\u2019re a long ways away from the day you will be able to buy something like Libratus from an online website.<\/p>\n
But as bot technology develops, so must the technology to counter it; it\u2019s up to operators to protect us from the rise of the machines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Brains vs AI poker contest has reached its halfway point at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh and it doesn\u2019t make pretty reading for humankind. With 60,000 hands played in the match-up between four of poker\u2019s finest and the latest in artificial intelligence from the Carnegie Mellon University, Libratus, the computer, is up $800,000.\u00a0 \u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":44150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,14],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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