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#344 – Noam Brown: AI vs Humans in Poker and Games of Strategic Negotiation

#344 – Noam Brown: AI vs Humans in Poker and Games of Strategic Negotiation

Lex Fridman Podcast
Dec 6, 2022 2h 34m
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<p>Noam Brown is a research scientist at FAIR, Meta AI, co-creator of AI that achieved superhuman level performance in games of No-Limit Texas Hold&#8217;em and Diplomacy. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:<br /> &#8211; <b>True Classic Tees</b>: <a href="https://trueclassictees.com/lex">https://trueclassictees.com/lex</a> and use code LEX to get 25% off<br /> &#8211; <b>Audible</b>: <a href="https://audible.com/lex">https://audible.com/lex</a> to get 30-day free trial<br /> &#8211; <b>InsideTracker</b>: <a href="https://insidetracker.com/lex">https://insidetracker.com/lex</a> to get 20% off<br /> &#8211; <b>ExpressVPN</b>: <a href="https://expressvpn.com/lexpod">https://expressvpn.com/lexpod</a> to get 3 months free</p> <p><b>EPISODE LINKS:</b><br /> Noam&#8217;s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/polynoamial">https://twitter.com/polynoamial</a><br /> Noam&#8217;s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/noam-brown-8b785b62/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/noam-brown-8b785b62/</a><br /> webDiplomacy: <a href="https://webdiplomacy.net/">https://webdiplomacy.net/</a><br /> Noam&#8217;s papers:<br /> Superhuman AI for multiplayer poker: <a href="https://par.nsf.gov/servlets/purl/10119653">https://par.nsf.gov/servlets/purl/10119653</a><br /> Superhuman AI for heads-up no-limit poker: <a href="https://par.nsf.gov/servlets/purl/10077416">https://par.nsf.gov/servlets/purl/10077416</a><br /> Human-level play in the game of Diplomacy: <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade9097">https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade9097</a></p> <p><b>PODCAST INFO:</b><br /> Podcast website: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/podcast">https://lexfridman.com/podcast</a><br /> Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://apple.co/2lwqZIr">https://apple.co/2lwqZIr</a><br /> Spotify: <a href="https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8">https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8</a><br /> RSS: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/">https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/</a><br /> YouTube Full Episodes: <a href="https://youtube.com/lexfridman">https://youtube.com/lexfridman</a><br /> YouTube Clips: <a href="https://youtube.com/lexclips">https://youtube.com/lexclips</a></p> <p><b>SUPPORT &#38; CONNECT:</b><br /> &#8211; Check out the sponsors above, it&#8217;s the best way to support this podcast<br /> &#8211; Support on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman">https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/lexfridman">https://twitter.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman">https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman">https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman">https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Medium: <a href="https://medium.com/@lexfridman">https://medium.com/@lexfridman</a></p> <p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br /> Here&#8217;s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.<br /> (00:00) &#8211; Introduction<br /> (05:37) &#8211; No Limit Texas Hold &#8217;em<br /> (09:30) &#8211; Solving poker<br /> (22:40) &#8211; Poker vs Chess<br /> (29:18) &#8211; AI playing poker<br /> (1:02:46) &#8211; Heads-up vs Multi-way poker<br /> (1:13:37) &#8211; Greatest poker player of all time<br /> (1:17:10) &#8211; Diplomacy game<br /> (1:27:01) &#8211; AI negotiating with humans<br /> (2:09:26) &#8211; AI in geopolitics<br /> (2:14:11) &#8211; Human-like AI for games<br /> (2:20:12) &#8211; Ethics of AI<br /> (2:24:26) &#8211; AGI<br /> (2:28:25) &#8211; Advice to beginners</p>

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