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

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The Role of Search in AI Superiority

The key to AI's success in games like chess and Go lies in its ability to search many moves ahead using algorithms like Monte Carlo Tree Search. Even in cases like AlphaGo, where neural nets are often hailed as the landmark achievement, the role of search cannot be overlooked. For example, when the search component is removed from AlphaZero's gameplay, its performance drops significantly, highlighting the essential role of search in AI's superiority over humans in games.

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