[nixed]

the same goes for slumbot in poker, its super old like 2013, the game is played completely different now and current bots would destroy it.

[bluecalm]

The problem with poker is that there is money to be made from having a strong AI so there is 0 incentive to release it. What's publicly available are solvers (which solve game abstractions similar to the full game but don't play themselves) and shitty bots.

[scrozart]

As a commenter above noted, this work is about generality, being able to play every game, and not being the best at every game.

[seoaeu]

The abstract claims they beat the "strongest openly available agent in heads-up no-limit Texas hold'em poker". To a non-expert that certainly sounds like they're claiming to be the best

[antonvs]

"Openly available" is a strong constraint that's mentioned explicitly.

[Skyy93]

As noted before, the reason for including old tech is to look better. Why not mention the current state of the art and show that with a general player we can come close to this results?

This is just benchmark cherry picking and does not reflect real performance or comparison.