Software learns when it pays to deceive (original) (raw)

IMAGINE being up against a poker player who can calculate the exact odds of a hand being a winner, play it with a straight face, and if necessary bluff with the best of them. Such a player exists, but you won’t find him wearing a Stetson or hiding behind a pair of dark glasses. This player lurks within a computer, created by a pair of academics who have succeeded in making a software agent that can bluff just like a human player can.

Poker-playing computer agents or “bots” are nothing new in themselves. Indeed, many online poker players, especially those…

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