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How well would a bot do in a human tournament?

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Saturday, 18 September 2010, at 7:04 p.m.

Suppose one were to hold a round-robin tournament, 25-point matches, with human players of a wide range of skill levels. Now suppose that we were to enter a bot into the tournament—say XGR+ for concreteness. The bot's identity would be public knowledge. How well would the bot do? Would it be favored to come out at the top of the crosstable?

My guess is that it would not come out on top, mainly because the bot would not exploit the weak players as effectively as some of the top human players would. It's also possible that XGR+ still has enough known weaknesses that a top human player could trick it into handling the cube like a donkey in a 25-point match.

Do you agree?

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