“No human has the ability to do that.” Still, don’t feel too badly for the vanquished humans: despite losing, they're divvying up $200,000 between themselves based on how well they did during the tournament.įor the AI, though, this is just the start. “It splits its bets into three, four, five different sizes,” he explained. It’s a real different emotional experience when you’re not used to losing that often.”ĭaniel McAulay, another professional, explained to Wired that the AI's ability to hold different plays in its memory made it stand apart from human contenders. Here we have to show up to take a beating every day for 11 hours a day.
But what was it like for the humans to play against? “It’s slightly demoralizing,' Jason Les, one of the professionals, told the Guardian. 'If you play a human and lose, you can stop, take a break.
