AI Poker Camp (Summer Beta)
What? A five-week, twice-weekly course on applied game theory through you writing AIs to play games. By the end, you should be able to write an AI to play poker.
This is a beta test of a course we’re planning to run online in the fall, so it’ll be small. We’ll cap signups somewhere between 16 and 24 students.
When? 6pm-8pm Mondays and Thursdays, July 15 through August 15.
Wait, really? I can’t make that!
We’re also planning to run an online version of the course starting in late September. You can join our mailing list to learn more when it’s announced.
Who?
We recommend students be able to program in Python and perform a Bayesian update (though it’s fine to lean on an LLM for help on either).
Knowledge of the game of poker is not necessary.
Who’s teaching?
Ross Rheingans-Yoo wrote the advanced trading simulations for the Jane Street trading internship program from 2018 to 2021.
Max Chiswick is a former poker pro who has played more than 10 million hands of online poker, and created AI Poker Tutorial.
Ricki Heicklen is a curriculum advisor (but will not be teaching in the SF Beta).
For more information, see here.