Llms Are Shockingly Bad at Poker
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The article discusses how Large Language Models (LLMs) perform poorly at poker, highlighting their limitations in strategic decision-making, and the HN discussion touches on the implications of this for AI development.
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RoyTyrell
2 months ago
1 replyWhy is it shocking they are bad at poker?
taylodl
2 months ago
That was my first thought. Seems as though they don't have a rudimentary knowledge of how LLMs work.
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