Rock-Paper-Scissors: You vs. the Computer (NYTimes)

[GentaiShinigami]

Pretty fun little time waster if you're bored, and it's interesting to see how the computer comes to it's answers (click on "See what the computer is thinking"). I consistently stayed ahead of it in ~40 games, usually by 2-5 wins. Ties took the lead at the end though.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/s...-scissors.html

Edit: 40 games for 15 wins, 15 ties, 10 losses. I think it still needs to learn a bit (this was on "Veteran" difficulty where it supposedly has access to 200,000 moves.)

[Biddinger]

paper, scissors, rock*

[In Flames]

20 wins, 10 ties, 10 losses on veteran. Pretty fun seeing how it predicts your moves.

[GentaiShinigami]

paper, scissors, rock*

Is that supposed to be a correction of the title (I mean that legitimately not inflammatory)? If so I've never heard it called such, and the NY Times article and Wikipedia both list it as shown here.

[aduidarnenye]

Where's lizard and Spock?

[richardd]

Where's lizard and Spock?

idc how bad it makes me look, i heart big bang theory <3

[Surealistic]

uhhh, how are there 200,000 moves in rock-paper-scissors

i count, um..... 3?

[guartz]

uhhh, how are there 200,000 moves in rock-paper-scissors

i count, um..... 3?

^ in before woozie

[Cephius]

uhhh, how are there 200,000 moves in rock-paper-scissors

i count, um..... 3?

http://www.reece-eu.net/gallery/var/...g?m=1272643472

It's 200,000 observed results, dummy.

[GentaiShinigami]

20 wins, 10 ties, 10 losses on veteran. Pretty fun seeing how it predicts your moves.

That's a pretty good score (at least compared to mine - I have no others to base judgment on).

Also, I guess I should have mentioned 40 rounds isn't necessary or some kind of "checkpoint" it was simply how many I had decided to quit on. I believe 20 minimum is needed for you to upload your stats. 20 seems too small a sample for me to really feel how the computer is doing so I figured 40 was better, though still too small of a sample really.

I think once it gets up into a database size in the millions of samples then it will be a much more worthy opponent. Seeing as it's on the NY Times and on Slashdot I can't imagine it'll take too long though.

[Chun Liroy]

[img]http://www.reece-eu.net/gallery/var/albums/funny/derp.jpg?m=1272643472[/img

It's 200,000 observed results, dummy.

this was on "Veteran" difficulty where it supposedly has access to 200,000 moves.

DERP.

[Ksandra]

DERP.

the OP meant previous moves like cephius said.

read the actual damn page.

Choose from two different modes: novice, where the computer learns to play from scratch, and veteran, where the computer pits over 200,000 rounds of previous experience against you.

[Chun Liroy]

But obviously people are commenting on what the OP wrote.

[Ksandra]

the op didn't say anything wrong. It does have access to 200,000 moves. And it doesn't make it less derp that they commented on the op without actually clicking the link.

also oddly enough I am having a higher win streak on veteran than on novice.

[Cephius]

But obviously people are commenting on what the OP wrote.

Yes, "access to 200,000 moves" as in a history of 200,000 results to analyze for patterns to determine what the user will likely pick next. What the fuck else could it mean? NICCA U DUMB

[Cephius]

Seriously ITT people not knowing how to apply common sense to a poorly worded phrase

[Chun Liroy]

Hey, that's not my problem, talk to that retard. I'm just showing you what he's referring to.

[GentaiShinigami]

I admit I could have worded it better, but damn that is what the article is for people. Mine was just a quick edit to throw some extra info in for people before they clicked over so they didn't miss the settings/extra stuff, and to give people something to compare to.

[Ksandra]

backpedaling leroy strikes again!

the derp was justified, ceph was well aware of what he was referring to, there was no point in you posting it.

[Chun Liroy]

Yep, I'm backpedaling. Retarded Ksandra strikes again!