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Re:Iterated Prisoners Dilemma Strategies Dominate Any Evolut... by lonelappde on Saturday May 16, 2020 @06:43PM (#23207817)
It's trivial to say that cheating in a competition is a winning strategy as long as you don't get caught and punished.
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Re:Iterated Prisoners Dilemma Strategies Dominate Any Evolut... by alasdair_ on Saturday May 16, 2020 @10:14PM (#23208896)
At lease for standard iterated prisoners dilemma AI tournaments, this strategy was completely legal - I read about it severals years ago when it was first used to win a prominent one.

The poker one already happens in real life all the time - if friends go to play at the same table, they often play differently than with a stranger.

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