[pzhon]

People said programs (bots) would take a long time to be any good at chess, backgammon, and poker. Bots are now at the level of the top human players in chess and backgammon, and they are decent at heads-up limit hold'em. Bots are weaker in multiplayer limit and in no limit. However, marginally winning bots have been found up to NL $200, and in $20 NL single table tournaments.

Bots may play somewhat predictably, rarely chat, take an unusual amount of time to make decisions, and their pupils don't contract when you mention torturing animals, according to Bladerunner. At the moment, poker bots are still relatively rare, and are more of a nuisance than a threat, but that will probably change in the future.