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“Meet the Guys Betting Big on AI Gambling Agents”
“In 2013, a twin study out of Australia found that if one identical twin had a gambling disorder, the other had a 50-percent chance of having one too. A 2005 Stockholm University study suggested the likelihood is higher, around 60 percent. And a research paper published last year by a team of UK scientists, analyzing the DNA of problem gamblers, found certain genetic variants associated with gambling behavior. That’s the nature side. The nurture side isn’t discusses so much.”
Quite the fodder for thought, isn’t it? Who would have thought that putting some money on your favorite team could have such deep-rooted genetic implications? That’s right, folks, recent studies suggest that your natural inclination for betting on sports might be embedded in your DNA. The researchers aren’t vague about the numbers either. Apparently, if one identical twin has a gambling disorder, the other has a 50-60 percent chance of being saddled with the same condition.
Now, hold onto your horses, but it’s not just sports betting. Gambling’s technologically advanced cousin has made quite the entrance into the world of DNA-based predispositions too. Enter, crypto-art. Back in the day, we’d yell at our screens over a football game. Now, we’re instead biting our nails over the value of some digital art that’s sold for an outrageous amount of cryptocurrency.
Now, while some are of the firm belief that technology has advanced far enough to build an AI that can predict betting results, this still falls under speculation more than fact. “These models suggest that humans are focused on patterns, and that might be what leads to problem gambling in the first place,” says Luke Clark, a psychologist studying gambling at the University of British Columbia. But the primary concern is that AI hasn’t exactly replicated the human capability for such complicated pattern recognition and insight.
In conclusion, a good bet might not just be the result of closely observing odds or your favorite team’s performance. On a darker side, it might be a manifestation of your genetic predisposition towards gambling or an infatuation for virtual assets like crypto-art. Should we thank, or blame, our genes for this newfound insight? That’s a bet one might have to place on their own. Whatever the case might be, next time you’re tempted to place that bet, consider the possibility that it might not just be your internal sports analyst at play, but your very DNA chiming in.