SDS 569: A.I. For Crushing Humans at Poker and Board Games

Published: April 26, 2022, 11 a.m.

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:\u2022 What Meta A.I. is and how it fits into Meta, the company [3:01]\u2022 Noam's award-winning no-limit poker-playing algorithms, Libratus and Pluribus algorithms. [4:33]\u2022 What game theory is and how does Noam integrate it into his models? [8:45]\u2022 The real-world implications of Noam\u2019s game-playing A.I. breakthroughs [25:24]\u2022 Why Noam elected to become a researcher at a big tech firm instead of in academia [27:06]\u2022 The main barriers to getting AI game theory techniques beyond games to self-driving cars [30:16]\u2022 Recommendations for people who want to break into poker AI [37:45]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/569