What I Read: Computers Roll Loaded Dice

https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-and-why-computers-roll-loaded-dice-20200708/

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How and Why Computers Roll Loaded Dice
Researchers are one step closer to injecting probability into deterministic machines.
Stephen Ornes
Contributing Writer
July 8, 2020


“FLDR won’t give you an edge in Monopoly or boost your odds at Las Vegas craps tables. But… it suggests a way to integrate random numbers into software and hardware… Incorporating this kind of uncertainty will help machines make humanlike predictions and better simulate phenomena that rely on probability like the climate or financial markets.”