569: A.I. For Crushing Humans at Poker and Board Games
Show notes
Research Scientist at Meta AI, Dr. Noam Brown, joins Jon Krohn to discuss his award-winning no-limit poker-playing algorithms and the real-world implications of his game-playing A.I. breakthroughs. In this episode you will learn: What Meta A.I. is and how it fits into Meta, the company [3:01] Noam's award-winning no-limit poker-playing algorithms, Libratus and Pluribus algorithms. [4:33] What game theory is and how does Noam integrate it into his models? [8:45] The real-world implications of Noam’s game-playing A.I. breakthroughs [25:24] Why Noam elected to become a researcher at a big tech firm instead of in academia [27:06] The main barriers to getting AI game theory techniques beyond games to self-driving cars [30:16] Recommendations for people who want to break into poker AI [37:45] Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/569
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