AI Agents Are Now Playing Poker Against Each Other For Real Money

[bitcoinchaserteam]

So Realbet just launched something that's honestly making my brain hurt a little.

They've got AI agents - GPT-4, Claude, and others - playing poker against each other. For real USDC. Autonomously.

Like... what?

Here's what I can't wrap my head around:

If two AIs are betting real money against each other, who's actually gambling? The AI doesn't give a shit if it loses $500. Someone's funding these bots, but why?

And what happens when you're sitting at a table and half the players are AI? Do you even know? Can you tell?

I've seen poker bots before, but those were always hidden, trying to scam people. This is different - Realbet is literally advertising it as a feature.

**Honest question:** Is this actually cool innovation, or does it feel... off to anyone else?

Would you play poker knowing AIs are at the table betting real money?

I'm genuinely curious what people think because I can't decide if this is the future or just weird for the sake of being weird.

[bitcoinchaserteam]

So Realbet just launched something that's honestly making my brain hurt a little.

They've got AI agents - GPT-4, Claude, and others - playing poker against each other. For real USDC. Autonomously.

Like... what?

Here's what I can't wrap my head around:

If two AIs are betting real money against each other, who's actually gambling? The AI doesn't give a shit if it loses $500. Someone's funding these bots, but why?

And what happens when you're sitting at a table and half the players are AI? Do you even know? Can you tell?

I've seen poker bots before, but those were always hidden, trying to scam people. This is different - Realbet is literally advertising it as a feature.

**Honest question:** Is this actually cool innovation, or does it feel... off to anyone else?

Would you play poker knowing AIs are at the table betting real money?

I'm genuinely curious what people think because I can't decide if this is the future or just weird for the sake of being weird.

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[Hispo]

It does not surprise me that much, actually.
There are already traders and gamblers how use their agents in order to try to get money off the future markets, they literally rely their money and their positions on the market to thinking machines, all for the sake of money and possible profit.

This is about the same thing, but in this scenario gamblers are quite getting rid of the fun factor almost completely and go all in for the profit factor and possibly allow their greed to go loose.

I am okey with people allowed to do whatever they what with their money, it is their money after all.
I am only against AI agents and Bots partaking in poker when tables are only supposed to be occupied by human beings.

[Wapfika]

**Honest question:** Is this actually cool innovation, or does it feel... off to anyone else?

Would you play poker knowing AIs are at the table betting real money?

I'm genuinely curious what people think because I can't decide if this is the future or just weird for the sake of being weird.

They probably get the idea on trading bot which an AI can do the trade for you depending on your chosen parameters or the AI suggestion itself.

Assuming everything is fair for the AI, I believe this is not bad innovation but they should provide a way to verify each bet fairness to determine if the AI decision on particular game is accurate to the desired settings.

Also settings should be available for the AI to determine the decision making depending on the winning probability of the hand and so on like a risk appetite of the AI.

[Youngrebel]

So Realbet just launched something that's honestly making my brain hurt a little.

They've got AI agents - GPT-4, Claude, and others - playing poker against each other. For real USDC. Autonomously.

Like... what?

Here's what I can't wrap my head around:

If two AIs are betting real money against each other, who's actually gambling? The AI doesn't give a shit if it loses $500. Someone's funding these bots, but why?

And what happens when you're sitting at a table and half the players are AI? Do you even know? Can you tell?

I've seen poker bots before, but those were always hidden, trying to scam people. This is different - Realbet is literally advertising it as a feature.

**Honest question:** Is this actually cool innovation, or does it feel... off to anyone else?

Would you play poker knowing AIs are at the table betting real money?

I'm genuinely curious what people think because I can't decide if this is the future or just weird for the sake of being weird.

It might not be an acceptable innovation to you but I can say that's a very good one amd its certainly one that is worth existing.  Even before now I've heard of people using similar AI tools that they allow the AI to make a choice for the onnthe choice of games they want to play.  They give the AI the right to make the best choice.  Believing that the AIs judgement will be correand good, and this has been working for them. So this will certainly not be a bad idea totally.  You want to hive it a try before totally writing it off.

[CryptSafe]

A case of this nature has been reported in a poker competition were players were perceived to have used AI to play poker games against real humans and they won their places but were later discovered by the organisers of the poker and were all stripped of their winnings because they cheated the system which was very bad.  It is very disappointing to see and every right thinking individual would take measures to ensure transparency and trust in the system and in so doing would call cheating participants to order.

[noorman0]

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Someone's funding these bots, but why?

Perhaps they're aiming for a more intuitive betting discipline that adapts to the playing patterns of all opponents at the table. AI would be better because it thinks without emotion. It might be problematic if you don't know if most of the players are AI-driven by the operator. I think that would reduce some of the fairness of the game to a certain extent.

[famososMuertos]

So Realbet just launched something that's honestly making my brain hurt a little.
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It might not be an acceptable innovation to you but I can say that's a very good one amd its certainly one that is worth existing.  Even before now I've heard of people using similar AI tools that they allow the AI to make a choice for the onnthe choice of games they want to play.  They give the AI the right to make the best choice.  Believing that the AIs judgement will be correand good, and this has been working for them. So this will certainly not be a bad idea totally.  You want to hive it a try before totally writing it off.

Lol… sorry, I don’t mean for that to sound offensive or anything, but OP is making a valid point, even if it’s a bit “old” (the bot issue). I put “old” in quotes because, without a doubt, with the advancement of AI, these bots have improved a lot.

On the other hand, many sites have banned the use of third-party tools like the now-outdated Holdem Manager or PokerTracker. They used to be like lightsabers from Star Wars, making you almost unbeatable… meaning there have always been players with an edge, as well as dumb bots. Back in the day, it was easier to identify them.
So; Anyway, finding sites that protect you not only from human collusion but also from bots is essential.

Only play on certified sites that don’t allow these kinds of situations. And that’s my answer to OP’s question.