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Japanese Researchers Build Rock-paper-scissors Robot That Wins 100% of the Time
slew writes "Although the robot technically cheats because it watches your hand and can recognize what shape you are intending to make and beat it before you even know what is happening. Apparently it takes about 60ms for you to shape your hand, but the robot can recognize the shape before it is completed, and only takes 20ms to counter your shape so the results appear to the human opponent to be virtually simultaneous. I wonder how difficult it would be to add lizard and spock to the mix.... ;^)."
But the robot knew it was a dupe before you
Table-ized A.I.
Since Rock-Paper-Scissors dates back to the time of the Chinese Han Dynasty, the Japanese built this in order to diplomatically resolve the dispute with China over the Senkaku Islands.
Actually: in Japan, there's a "strip-poker" variant of rock-paper-scissors. The loser of each round removes an article of clothing. The game is a minor part of porn culture in Japan.
Once again, porn drives innovation!
What one fool can do, another can. (Ancient Simian Proverb)
Not a dupe, that was version 1 where it detects it after you form the shape with your fist, version 2 detects your hand as you are making the shape, so before you even finish it changes.
Version 4 kills your mom before you're born.
rewriting history since 2109
Version 5 is made of liquid metal