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AI and problem gambling
How do they work together in a modern online casino? Dr Michael Auer gives us some context and looks at how
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or decades artificial intelligence has become a recurring topic. But what is artificial intelligence?
The term Artificial Intelligence was coined in 1956 at a conference in
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. The conference was sponsored by the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Prior to that, around 1950, the Englishman Alan Turing created the Turing Test. The aim was to determine whether a machine could communicate in such a way that it is indistinguishable from that of a human.
Despite the interest in artificial intelligence, it was not until the late 1990’s that the term was mentioned again. In 1996, the computer ‘Deep Blue’ developed by IBM beat the reigning world chess champion, Garry Kasparov in a regular game of chess. At the time, Deep Blue was a computer with immense computing power and could calculate on average 126 million positions per second.
Artificial intelligence uses a mapping of patterns. For example, we have learned how to identify a chair, they usually have four legs, a seat, a backrest, etc. While some chairs have three legs, no backrest or a curved seat, most people still recognise it as a chair. The outline of a horse looks very similar to a chair, it has four legs, a seat and the head could be a backrest however we do not confuse the two objects with each other. You can train a computer program to recognize
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objects by presenting the program with many variants of the object and other objects. A computer program that has learned to recognise a chair will not recognise a horse, because it has not been trained. Artificial intelligence is very specific and can only do what has been learned.
Advanced algorithms are evident in Teslas or other car brands with automated driving. Automated driving works because the manufacturers collect data from all cars that are on the road, this ensures the car recognises all possible objects. What does artificial intelligence have to do with gambling? In recent years, online gambling has increased drastically. Almost a third of gambling revenues are now generated online, much of it through mobile devices. In essence, this means that every person carries an infinite number of casinos around with them, which can be started at any time. With a few exceptions, all European countries have created regulation for online gambling. Companies can apply for licenses and these are usually subject to strict conditions. In Germany, there is now a nationwide law for virtual slot games. For example, a person can only deposit a maximum of €1,000 per month through all licensed online gambling providers in Germany. In addition, players must take a break when switching between sports betting, virtual slot games and classic table games. But how does artificial intelligence come into play? By definition, online gambling providers must assign
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