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Blindsight is a strange brain/mind condition that philosophers like to discuss in the context of discussions about consciousness. People with blindsight have a problem with their visual cortex, and as a result are “blind” in an area of their visual field, what is called a scotoma. Why…
On July 23 and 24, the poker-playing computer named Polaris, will play against two humans, Phil Laak and Phil (aka the Unabomber) Laak and Ali Eslami. I’ve written about this match here and here. One of the interesting features of this heads-up poker…
Yesterday I wrote a post about the upcoming Texas Hold’em match (July 23 and 24) between Polaris, the poker-playing computer programmed by the computer science team at University of Alberta, and two humans, Phil Laak and Ali Eslami. The post received a question…
Poker is like real life. You have to make decisions on the basis of imperfect knowledge and you often have to bluff in order to achieve your goals. One might think that computers cannot do these things, or at least do…