Can You Beat a Computer At Rock-Paper-Scissors?

tekgoblin writes "The New York Times has created a game that uses artificial intelligence to outsmart you. It uses a simple game called Rock-Paper-Scissors which is pretty much known by everyone on the planet by now. The computer tries to mimic human reasoning by building on simple rules and statistical averages. So based on the rules of the game and your previous moves, the computer tries to make predictions on your next move. The game has 2 modes, the first being Novice, where the computer learns the game from scratch, and Veteran, where the computer has experience of over 200,000 rounds of previous experience."

Comments

I can beat the computer...

[bobdotorg]

... in the slightly modified version:
Rock-paper-scissors-control-alt-delete.

Re:I can beat the computer...

[bmorency]

I prefer rock paper scissors lizard spock myself.

First paper, then scissors, then rock

[presspass]

Slap the paper over the intake fan, cut the Ethernet cable with the scissors, then bash it with the rock, easy.

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