Teaching computers the art of bluffing (and other human strategies)

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Jonathan Schaeffer
University of Alberta

In this short podcast presentation, Professor Jonathan Schaeffer talks about his group's contributions to a research area that has applications in bioinformatics and the computer video game industry.

"Games are a microcosm of the real world, and I think the game that we work on that has the best representation of the real world is the game of poker. Although we sort of think of poker as a game of gambling, it turns out that from the artificial intelligence point of view, it's an incredibly rich game that shows off many of the skills that humans are very good at and what I would like to see computers become very good at."

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Series producer: Barbara Finkelstein

Last updated May 20, 2008