md5! gizmodo Deadspin Gizmodo Jalopnik Jezebel Kotaku Lifehacker The Root Sploid Paleofuture io9 Science Reviews Field Guide Why It Matters That Human Poker Pros Are Getting Trounced By an AI George Dvorsky Tuesday 1:35pm Filed to: Artificial intelligence AI futurism poker card games games game theory Libratus science technology computer science 180 14 Edit Promote Share to Kinja Toggle Conversation tools Go to permalink Image: Carnegie Mellon University We’re at the halfway point of the epic 20-day, 150,000-hand “Brains Vs. Artificial Intelligence” Texas Hold’em Poker tournament , and a machine named Libratus is trouncing a quartet of professional human players. Should the machine maintain its substantial lead—currently at $701,242—it will be considered a major milestone in the history of AI. Here’s why. Given the early results, it appears that we’ll soon be able t...