The article, titled 'Poker Bots Invade Online Gambling', includes comments and statements made by Brian Jetter, co-founder of the company Shanky Technologies. Shanky Technologies is a company developing poker robots, and has sold 5,000 copies of its Holdem Bot software since its launch in 2008.
Jetter claims that they are providing the bots for recreational use, for $129 a year. Despite this, many players use these bots in the hope of generating profit on various online poker sites. Although artificial intelligence in these bots has evolved rapidly in the past few years, they are still nowhere near a profitable human player. Actually, a US university professor states that only 10% of these bots are 'winning players'.
They still cause trouble to some sites. PokerStars, for example, found 10 bots last year and permanently banned these accounts. Also, the company returned $57,000 to the players that have competed against these robots in their games.
Although the vast majority of sites states that this kind of activity will result in being expelled, not many of them actually hunt down these poker bots.
But what will happen in a few years, when modern science will make it possible for programmers to develop more and more perfect poker robots? Will they start thinking for themselves, making cash for themselves and eventually take over the whole world with their money gained on poker?
Read the full article on nytimes.com!
Jetter claims that they are providing the bots for recreational use, for $129 a year. Despite this, many players use these bots in the hope of generating profit on various online poker sites. Although artificial intelligence in these bots has evolved rapidly in the past few years, they are still nowhere near a profitable human player. Actually, a US university professor states that only 10% of these bots are 'winning players'.
They still cause trouble to some sites. PokerStars, for example, found 10 bots last year and permanently banned these accounts. Also, the company returned $57,000 to the players that have competed against these robots in their games.
Although the vast majority of sites states that this kind of activity will result in being expelled, not many of them actually hunt down these poker bots.
But what will happen in a few years, when modern science will make it possible for programmers to develop more and more perfect poker robots? Will they start thinking for themselves, making cash for themselves and eventually take over the whole world with their money gained on poker?
Read the full article on nytimes.com!
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