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4/4 took ~7mins-8mins. Question 2 is quite tricky and as for me I went with what is true FOR SURE. Option C is definitely right because of the mention of both two player games and multi player forms and since one option is locked in one can skip the rest of the options. This option also does NOT mention that they are the ONLY two forms available. It is just saying that they are two forms, which is true.
There is no explicit mention of the comparison of how complicated it is "to play" the game. Hence option C is right.
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Games like poker, with hidden cards and players who bluff, present a greater challenge to artificial intelligence (AI) than games in which every player can see the whole board do. Over the last few years, computers have become aces at increasingly complicated forms of one-on-one poker, but multiplayer games take that complexity to the next level. Now, an AI program called Pluribus has outplayed more than a dozen professionals at six-player Texas Hold’em variation of poker, researchers report.

Pluribus honed its initial strategy by playing against copies of itself, starting from scratch and gradually learning which actions helped to win. Then, the AI program used that intuition for when to hold cards and when to fold them during the first betting round of each game against five human players. During subsequent betting rounds, Pluribus fine-tuned its strategy by imagining how the game might play out if it took different actions. Unlike artificial intelligence trained for two-player poker, Pluribus didn’t speculate all the way to the end of the game, which would require too many computations when dealing with so many players. Instead, the AI program imagined several moves ahead and decided what to do based on those hypothetical futures and different strategies that players could adopt. In one thousand games of Texas Hold’em, Pluribus competed against five contestants from a pool of thirteen professionals, all of whom had won more than a million dollars playing poker. Every ten games, Pluribus raked in, on average, about $480 from its human competitors, implying that Pluribus was a savvier player than its human opponents.

Now that poker is in the bag, AI could test its strategic reasoning in games with more complex hidden information. In games like Kriegspiel, a chess spin-off where players can’t see each other’s pieces, the unknowns can become far more complicated than in Texas Hold’em. Video games like StarCraft, which allow many more types of moves and free players from rigid, turn-based play, could also serve as new tests of AI cleverness.

1. Which of the following information about Pluribus does the author provide?

A. It was specially designed to play Texas Hold’em poker.
B. It avoids calculations and relies more on strategy employed in previous rounds.
C. It is now ready for more complicated games like chess and video games.
D. It adjusts its approach as a game of poker progresses.
E. It can beat amateur poker players in fewer rounds than it can beat professional poker players in.



2. The passage's description of poker implies that which of the following is true about the game?

A. Poker can be won by relying on bluffing.
B. Multiplayer poker is more complex to play than one-on-one poker is.
C. Poker comes in two-player and multiplayer forms.
D. Texas Hold’em is the most complicated variation of poker.
E. Bluffing is a specialty of multiplayer poker form.



3. The author indicates that, in comparison with poker, video games like StarCraft

A. are played only with a fixed-number of players
B. offer fewer options of moves
C. are played in a fewer number of formats
D. lack a structured mechanism of gameplay
E. feature a higher degree of complexity and uncertainty



4. The author mentions the game of Kriegspiel in order to

A. suggest that AI has more complex games to tackle
B. hint that Texas Hold’em is less complicated than Kriegspiel
C. make a comparison among games with more complex hidden information
D. explain how having more types of moves complicates a game
E. offer an example of the complexity of a chess spin-off



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Is there OA for this? Question 2 is quite challenging to pick between B or C.
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Games like poker, with hidden cards and players who bluff, present a greater challenge to artificial intelligence (AI) than games in which every player can see the whole board do. Over the last few years, computers have become aces at increasingly complicated forms of one-on-one poker, but multiplayer games take that complexity to the next level. Now, an AI program called Pluribus has outplayed more than a dozen professionals at six-player Texas Hold’em variation of poker, researchers report.

Pluribus honed its initial strategy by playing against copies of itself, starting from scratch and gradually learning which actions helped to win. Then, the AI program used that intuition for when to hold cards and when to fold them during the first betting round of each game against five human players. During subsequent betting rounds, Pluribus fine-tuned its strategy by imagining how the game might play out if it took different actions. Unlike artificial intelligence trained for two-player poker, Pluribus didn’t speculate all the way to the end of the game, which would require too many computations when dealing with so many players. Instead, the AI program imagined several moves ahead and decided what to do based on those hypothetical futures and different strategies that players could adopt. In one thousand games of Texas Hold’em, Pluribus competed against five contestants from a pool of thirteen professionals, all of whom had won more than a million dollars playing poker. Every ten games, Pluribus raked in, on average, about $480 from its human competitors, implying that Pluribus was a savvier player than its human opponents.

Now that poker is in the bag, AI could test its strategic reasoning in games with more complex hidden information. In games like Kriegspiel, a chess spin-off where players can’t see each other’s pieces, the unknowns can become far more complicated than in Texas Hold’em. Video games like StarCraft, which allow many more types of moves and free players from rigid, turn-based play, could also serve as new tests of AI cleverness.

1. Which of the following information about Pluribus does the author provide?

A. It was specially designed to play Texas Hold’em poker.
B. It avoids calculations and relies more on strategy employed in previous rounds.
C. It is now ready for more complicated games like chess and video games.
D. It adjusts its approach as a game of poker progresses.
E. It can beat amateur poker players in fewer rounds than it can beat professional poker players in.



2. The passage's description of poker implies that which of the following is true about the game?

A. Poker can be won by relying on bluffing.
B. Multiplayer poker is more complex to play than one-on-one poker is.
C. Poker comes in two-player and multiplayer forms.
D. Texas Hold’em is the most complicated variation of poker.
E. Bluffing is a specialty of multiplayer poker form.



3. The author indicates that, in comparison with poker, video games like StarCraft

A. are played only with a fixed-number of players
B. offer fewer options of moves
C. are played in a fewer number of formats
D. lack a structured mechanism of gameplay
E. feature a higher degree of complexity and uncertainty



4. The author mentions the game of Kriegspiel in order to

A. suggest that AI has more complex games to tackle
B. hint that Texas Hold’em is less complicated than Kriegspiel
C. make a comparison among games with more complex hidden information
D. explain how having more types of moves complicates a game
E. offer an example of the complexity of a chess spin-off


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To mention that AI has outplayed humans in poker, a complex, hidden information game (Paragraph 1)
To discuss how a particular AI program beat human professionals in poker (Paragraph 2)
To suggest that AI can now test on games with more complex hidden information (Paragraph 3)
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1. Which of the following information about Pluribus does the author provide?

a. It was specially designed to play Texas Hold’em poker.
b. It avoids calculations and relies more on strategy employed in previous rounds.
c. It is now ready for more complicated games like chess and video games.
d. It adjusts its approach as a game of poker progresses.
e. It can beat amateur poker players in fewer rounds than it can beat professional poker players in.

Question Type: Fact

D is the best choice.

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2. The passage's description of poker implies that which of the following is true about the game?

a. Poker can be won by relying on bluffing.
b. Multiplayer poker is more complex to play than one-on-one poker is.
c. Poker comes in two-player and multiplayer forms.
d. Texas Hold’em is the most complicated variation of poker.
e. Bluffing is a specialty of multiplayer poker form.

Question Type: Inference

C is the best choice.

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3. The author indicates that, in comparison with poker, video games like StarCraft

a. are played only with a fixed-number of players
b. offer fewer options of moves
c. are played in a fewer number of formats
d. lack a structured mechanism of gameplay
e. feature a higher degree of complexity and uncertainty

Question Type: Fact

Explanation:

The third paragraph mentions that “Now that poker is in the bag, AI could test its strategic reasoning in games with more complex hidden information” and that “Video games like StarCraft, which allow many more types of moves and free players from rigid, turn-based play, could also serve as new tests of AI cleverness”. The comparison made between poker and video games like StarCraft is on the basis of complexity of hidden information, number of types of moves, and freedom from rigid, turn-based play. Each answer choice needs to be carefully evaluated in light of the information presented in this context.

A. The passage makes no reference to the number of players involved in video games like StarCraft; so, it cannot be established that video games like StarCraft, in comparison with poker, are played only with a fixed-number of players, as the answer choice mentions. Furthermore, our expectation from the correct answer choice is on the lines that it compares poker and video games like StarCraft on the basis of complexity of hidden information, number of types of moves, and freedom from rigid, turn-based play. Incorrect.

B. The third paragraph mentions that video games like StarCraft are more complex than poker because they “allow many more types of moves”; it is incorrect to state that video games like StarCraft, in comparison with poker, offer fewer options of moves, as the answer choice mentions. Furthermore, our expectation from the correct answer choice is on the lines that it compares poker and video games like StarCraft on the basis of complexity of hidden information, number of types of moves, and freedom from rigid, turn-based play. Incorrect.

C. The passage makes no reference to the number of formats in which video games like StarCraft are played; so, it cannot be established that video games like StarCraft, in comparison with poker, are played in a fewer number of formats, as the answer choice mentions. Furthermore, our expectation from the correct answer choice is on the lines that it compares poker and video games like StarCraft on the basis of complexity of hidden information, number of types of moves, and freedom from rigid, turn-based play. Incorrect.

D. Trap. The third paragraph mentions that video games like StarCraft are more complex than poker because they “free players from rigid, turn-based play”; although it can be inferred that video games like StarCraft have a more relaxed structure, it is incorrect to infer that lack of “rigid, turn-based play” indicates lack of “a structured mechanism of gameplay, as the answer choice mentions. Furthermore, our expectation from the correct answer choice is on the lines that it compares poker and video games like StarCraft on the basis of complexity of hidden information, number of types of moves, and freedom from rigid, turn-based play. Incorrect.

E. Correct. The third paragraph mentions that “Now that poker is in the bag, AI could test its strategic reasoning in games with more complex hidden information” and that “Video games like StarCraft, which allow many more types of moves and free players from rigid, turn-based play, could also serve as new tests of AI cleverness”; the comparison made between poker and video games like StarCraft is on the basis of complexity of hidden information, number of types of moves, and freedom from rigid, turn-based play; in other words, the author indicates that video games like StarCraft, in comparison to poker, feature a higher degree of complexity and uncertainty, as the answer choice mentions.

E is the best choice.

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4. The author mentions the game of Kriegspiel in order to
a. suggest that AI has more complex games to tackle
b. hint that Texas Hold’em is less complicated than Kriegspiel
c. make a comparison among games with more complex hidden information
d. explain how having more types of moves complicates a game
e. offer an example of the complexity of a chess spin-off

Question Type: Inference

A is the best choice.
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