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Robot Hand Beats You At Rock, Paper, Scissors 100% of the Time

Posted by Soulskill on from the we-have-outlived-our-usefulness-as-a-species dept.

wasimkadak writes "This robot hand will play a game of rock, paper, scissors with you. Sounds like fun, right? Not so much, because this particular robot wins every. Single. Time. It only takes a single millisecond for the robot to recognize what shape your hand is in, and just a few more for it to make the shape that beats you, but it all happens so fast that it's more or less impossible to tell that the robot is waiting until you commit yourself before it makes its move, allowing it to win 100% of the time."

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  1. Welcome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I for one welcome our new robotic overlords.

    But to truly test it you have to add lizard and spock

  2. Cheater. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So it cheats.

    1. Re:Cheater. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      So it cheats.

      It's just employing High Frequency Rochambeau strategies

    2. Re:Cheater. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I think it's probably inspired by recent research that showed unambiguously that people who are good at janken/rock-paper-scissors achieve their success by throwing as late as possible, observing the opponent's hand to see what gesture is going to be made.
      Talk about reading people's faces / moods / history is mostly bullshit. Although computer software tends to abuse our human non-randomness in this way, it is in practice intractable for most humans. And the best janken players rely solely on the same strategy this robot's using.
      But then, if you didn't want to be cheated, you shouldn't play a game where cheating is pretty much the only way to consistently win.

    3. Re:Cheater. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      No. It always plays rock. And if you pick paper, it punches a hole in your hand.

    4. Re:Cheater. by Smidge204 · · Score: 5, Funny

      33% of the time, it works every time!

      =Smidge=

    5. Re:Cheater. by Waldeinburg · · Score: 5, Funny
      Which of the following is most likely to be on hand:
      • 1. A coin
      • 2. A book
      • 3. A hand

      (The answer is of course: 4. A smartphone with a head-or-tails app.)

  3. yes but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can it beat Sheldon at rock, paper, lizard, spock, scissors? ;)

  4. The real reason the robot wins: by itsdapead · · Score: 5, Funny

    Complete rules for robohand v. human rock, paper, scissors:

    Robohand crush rock.

    Robohand bend scissors.

    Robo-laser burn paper.

    Puny humans no match for robohand.

    --
    In a survey of 100 programmers, 111111 thought that duck-typing was a good idea.
  5. What would happen... by NettiWelho · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ... If you pitted 2 of these machines against eachother?

    1. Re:What would happen... by physicsphairy · · Score: 5, Funny

      They would cease their countdown for initiating thermonuclear war.

      --
      When things get complex, multiply by the complex conjugate.