Interview with the CEO of Pokersnowie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9l4nXqydlgIt seems like players are concerned it would kill online poker. Many reference to "smart guys" and pros stating it would be unbeatable by human players, many others give examples, trying to prove it would be total scam.
For sure the guys that created Snowie are familiar with AI (also see
http://www.bgsnowie.com/) I assume their product to be better than any bot created by one person only.
On the other hand they are bounded by the same restrictions as we are so unless they have access to a quantum computer I assume (at least their 6max-version) to be far away from world class level.
I mean: UoA is now researching in the domain of poker for more than 15 years; and their statements seem to be way more realistic "[...] amateur level [..]". The point simply is that poker players don't have access to anything closer to EQ so it will be recommended almost everywhere and the guys from Snowie will make a lot of money until better programs appear.
Anyway, this appears nothing but arrogant and wrong to me
http://www.pokersnowie.com/about/pokersnowie-the-best.htmlQuote:
Is PokerSnowie the best player in the world?
[...]
Play perfect GTO strategy and even if your opponents know, they still have no counter-strategy against you and you're guaranteed to [strike]be a winning player[/strike] [not be a losing player] in the long run.
[...]
As such, PokerSnowie has no human strategy built in - all the learning comes from its own playing experience. The result is that it plays the game in a completely balanced way and hence, no weaknesses can be exploited by using statistical tools against it [in the abstracted game].
[...]
I would love to see their product at the yearly
http://www.aaai.org/home.html contest (
http://www.computerpokercompetition.org/ in particular) - but I am almost sure they would be afraid their claims would not hold
The competitions seems to be held this month. Maybe that's why they not release their software before July
PS: You were wrong
http://poker-ai.org/archive/www.pokerai.org/pf3/viewtopic59af.html?f=3&t=3123&view=previous