You’ve got to know when to hold ’em. Know when to fold ’em. And know when to walk away because the game you’re playing has been rendered trivial by an advanced algorithm. Poker has been solved.

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In March, a computer achieved what many thought impossible when it won a best of five series against world-class go champion Lee Sedol. The victory by the DeepMind computer was the most significant ...