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Pokerbot Libratus Learns To Lie (Bluff)
Libratus, a creative AI from Carnegie Mellon, achieved a key breakthrough that allowed it to beat professional poker players - it learned to lie.
(Libratus artificial intelligence program aces poker)
Libratus, an artificial intelligence developed by Carnegie Mellon University, made history by defeating four of the world’s best professional poker players in a marathon 20-day poker competition, called “Brains Vs. Artificial Intelligence: Upping the Ante” at Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh. Once the last of 120,000 hands of Heads-up, No-Limit Texas Hold’em were played on Jan. 30, Libratus led the pros by a collective $1,766,250 in chips. The developers of Libratus — Tuomas Sandholm, professor of computer science, and Noam Brown, a Ph.D. student in computer science — said the sizable victory is statistically significant and not simply a matter of luck.“The computer can’t win at poker if it can’t bluff,” Pfenning said. “Developing an AI that can do that successfully is a tremendous step forward scientifically and has numerous applications. Imagine that your smartphone will someday be able to negotiate the best price on a new car for you. That’s just the beginning.”
Fans of the excellent BBC series Red Dwarf may recall the efforts to teach robot Kryten to lie - and the reasons for doing so.
(Dave teaches Kryten to Lie in Red Dwarf)
You might also enjoy Deceptive Robots Learn Lying From Squirrels and Do You Hold Robots Morally Accountable?.
Via CMU.
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