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Prisoners and Boxes (100 Prisoners Problem)
There are 100 prisoners, each assigned a unique number from 1 to 100.
In another room, there are 100 boxes, each containing one of the prisoner numbers, place...
25 Horses, 5 Tracks
- 25 horses
- Only **5 horses can race at once**
- No stopwatch — only ranking
- Find **top 3 fastest horses**
that's exactly it, good job!
naively, i'd say we:
1) split the 25 into five groups, race each => 5 races
2) we take 5 winners, race them => 5 + 1 = 6 races
3) now we know the top horse, but to find the 2nd and 3rd, we have to do one...
# Newcomb's Problem (Two Boxes and a Supercomputer)
## The Setup
There are **two boxes**:
- **Box A** — transparent, contains **$1,000** for sure.
- **Box B** — sealed, content unknown.
that's the universal answer to all the questions here...
bring another supercomputer inside. that supercomputer is extremely high prediction accuracy on whether the other supercomputer will leave Box B empty. If the supercomputer you brought inside predicts...
Prisoners and Boxes (100 Prisoners Problem)
There are 100 prisoners, each assigned a unique number from 1 to 100.
In another room, there are 100 boxes, each containing one of the prisoner numbers, place...
25 Horses, 5 Tracks
- 25 horses
- Only **5 horses can race at once**
- No stopwatch — only ranking
- Find **top 3 fastest horses**
that's exactly it, good job!
naively, i'd say we:
1) split the 25 into five groups, race each => 5 races
2) we take 5 winners, race them => 5 + 1 = 6 races
3) now we know the top horse, but to find the 2nd and 3rd, we have to do one...
# Newcomb's Problem (Two Boxes and a Supercomputer)
## The Setup
There are **two boxes**:
- **Box A** — transparent, contains **$1,000** for sure.
- **Box B** — sealed, content unknown.
that's the universal answer to all the questions here...
bring another supercomputer inside. that supercomputer is extremely high prediction accuracy on whether the other supercomputer will leave Box B empty. If the supercomputer you brought inside predicts...