> I don't mean to say that poker is simple, but that a lot of strategy > involves rock-paper-scissors psychology, which dilutes the intellectual > idea of how "strong" a program (or person) is. It's interesting in it's > own way, but I prefer a game like Go, where the information is perfect > but the game is very deep and strength easily measured. > > In poker there's a huge advantage to knowing your opponent's internal > strategy. In Go a stronger player can tell you exactly what he's doing > at a high level, but it won't help much because his skill will overcome > yours.
It's perfectly fine to prefer a game of perfect information over a game of imperfect information, but I don't think it's fair to say that poker is a dilution of the concept of playing strength (neither do the poker pros). _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
