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11th
Website: Rock-Paper-Scissors: You vs. the Computer
The NYT has created the “Deep Blue” or “Watson” for Rock-Paper-Scissors.
“The New York Times has published this Rock-Paper-Scissors program which can predict your next move by analysing games played against other humans. Play it on “veteran” mode and prepare to be assimilated.
As the article points out,” a truly random game of rock-paper-scissors would result in a statistical tie with each player winning, tying and losing one-third of the time. However, people are not truly random and thus can be studied and analyzed. While this computer won’t win all rounds, over time it can exploit a person’s tendencies and patterns to gain an advantage”.
