Starcraft II. Chess. Go. These are just some of the games that got taken over by AI. Professional gamers and players have been mercilessly beaten by a machine in these games. But there’s still a game that the AI hasn’t mastered yet, and that game could be considered as the most human game of all games in the face of the earth: poker.
While it is true that AI has advanced over the years and is capable of beating professional players in poker, the AI still has lots of room for improvement.
…there’s still much it can’t do: play more opponents, play live, or win every time.
Aside from these things, the AI should also factor in the facial expressions of a player, and then try to identify if he is bluffing or not… and, unfortunately, the AI is not great at doing these things. At least, not yet.
To summarize, “there’s more humanity in poker than [AI] has yet conquered”.
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Texas Hold 'Em is not real poker.