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Noam Brown Says Coding Agents Let Students Build Poker Bots in an Hour
- Who
- Noam Brown
- What
- commented that coding agents have accelerated poker AI development building a poker bot for the MIT student competition
What happened
Every winter, @MIT has run a 1-month class (6.9630) in which students make poker AIs and compete against each other for cash prizes. Coding agents have accelerated that process so much that it's now possible to build a poker bot in an *hour*. Also, I'll be at the finals! https://twitter.com/sequoia/status/2115111389501218868
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Noam Brown said coding agents have accelerated poker AI development enough that students can now build a poker bot in an hour. He made the claim in connection with MIT’s 6.9630, a monthlong winter class in which students build poker AIs and compete against one another for cash prizes.
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