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what do you think about bots beating humans at pokemon

Flametix
Flametix Member Posts: 755 ✭✭✭✭
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edited August 29 in Pokémon Square #1

recent developments have shown that robots can now consistently perform stronger than humans at the top of the pokemon showdown ladders

what do you think of the robot uprising ? what would your approach be to curb or promote the use of bots in decision making and human competition ?

do you think this technology should be released to the public sooner or later ?

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  • PikaCarter2025
    PikaCarter2025 Member Posts: 3,506 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Not good.

  • Hades0918
    Hades0918 Member Posts: 26,562 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    This is ridiculous...

    Ban bots in everything but training

    This is a serious matter imo

  • Dragonfly102024
    Dragonfly102024 Member Posts: 4,140 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I see the word bot and I automatically think Comfey. I know, a different situation, but both leave a bad taste in my mouth.

  • clasingla
    clasingla Member Posts: 8,567 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    i feel that this takes away the point of competition in the first place, if your not competing you are not showing your skills, if you care too much about winning you forget about the journey and the good experiences you could have had, competitions are supposed to be fun

  • sir_uledge
    sir_uledge Member Posts: 491 ✭✭✭✭
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    I don't like this whole AI takeover future..

  • Nate72Salty
    Nate72Salty Member Posts: 234 ✭✭✭
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    it sucks because I want a real challenge:

  • sir_uledge
    sir_uledge Member Posts: 491 ✭✭✭✭
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    I do not like the AI uprising at all, and I don't think that technology should be released to the public at all. AI has already proven not to be trustworthy when its guardrails are taken away, and as @clasingla said, it takes the fun out of competitions anyway.

    AI, robots, and the like need to be put under serious control right now, and you can already see that bots are already taking people's jobs. We see it on YouTube and even in certain Pokemon games like UNITE.

    I do not trust the AI industry at all..

  • Nate72Salty
    Nate72Salty Member Posts: 234 ✭✭✭
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    Genuinely, I want players who think for themselves, I want people who can strategize and don’t just run on code