You versus Computer: rock-paper-scissors showdown

[Flyvåpnet]

Bored?  Got time on your hands?  Why not while away the hours playing rock-paper-scissors against a computer?  Here you go:

Rock-Paper-Scissors: You vs. the Computer - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com
Test your strategy against the computer in this rock-paper-scissors game illustrating basic artificial intelligence.

Good luck and have fun!



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[Shuji]

Woah xD... that was interesting.  The Ai predicted my movements so I just did it randomly... >___>

[Flyvåpnet]

Indeed, Shuji, most who've done this have found randomness baffles the computer.  A winning strategy entails sticking to a pattern for a time, so the computer learns to predict your moves, then abandoning any pattern altogether.  That strategy baffles people, too, in real life.



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[0235]

well, that is tricky, really really tricky