4 ms·
I became very interested in both poker and machine learning when I happened to be present for the opening of this event: https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archiv
by 58x14 5y ago
I became very interested in both poker and machine learning when I happened to be present for the opening of this event: https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2017/january/AI-beats-poker-pros.html https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2017/january/AI-be...
Reasoning through imperfect information scenarios, and developing emotional resilience when unlikely negative outcomes occur, are two of the skills I cherish the most. I think poker is brilliantly analogous to both prediction markets and leading/lagging social trends and emotions that surround them.
- SuoDuanDao 5y agoI read a sci-fi short story a while back where humans post FTL travel filled an unusual niche in the galactic ecosystem. Because our pursuit-predating ancestors had to anticipate the movements of the animals they tracked, humans were (by galactic standards) incredibly good at 'reading' other sentient races, and 'never play poker against a human' was an accepted truism of the setting.
- Inhibit 5y agoDon't know if it was the book, but "Design for a Great Day" by Alan Dean Foster is what that reminds me of. Based off (someone elses?) short story iirc but I didn't pull it down to check.
- lelanthran 5y agoYou don't remember the title/author by any chance?
- SuoDuanDao 5y agoAll I remember was that it was a thread on https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/ https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/