Strilanc comments on Announcing the 2014 program equilibrium iterated PD tournament - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Strilanc 31 July 2014 07:12:08PM 2 points [-]

In the examples you show how to run the opponent, but how do you access the source code? For example, how do you distinguish a cooperate bot from a (if choice < 0.0000001 then Defect else Cooperate) bot without a million simulations?

Comment author: tetronian2 31 July 2014 07:24:47PM 3 points [-]

Unlike last year's tournament, you can't, and this is part of the challenge. Simulations are a precious resource, and you have to make an educated guess about your opponent based on the limited simulations you have.