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AI: The Potential and the Problems
Despite the hype regarding the seemingly infinite possibilities surrounding AI technology, artificial intelligence still has a number of humbling hurtles to overcome. Justin Bui...
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Card Counting Strategies and Dangers
Some of the most successful card counting strategies include working with others as a team. Of course, casinos aren’t happy about successful card counters,...
189
The House Always Wins In The Long Run
In statistics, there’s a theorem called the law of large numbers. It teaches you can’t win in the long run at casino games. It’s...
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It's a Wonderful, Complex, and Finely-Tuned Universe
What does it mean for something to be finely-tuned? Does fine-tuning extend beyond our own man-made systems and into biology and the universe itself?...
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Good and Bad Algorithms in the Practice of Medicine
Computers and artificial intelligence are restricted to being algorithmic. If something is non-algorithmic, it is not computable. Creativity, nuance, and insight are human characteristics...
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A First-Hand Account of Kicking Fentanyl Addiction: Reversing Hebb's Law
Donald Hebb, the father of neuropsychology, is known for Hebb’s Law which states “neurons that fire together wire together.” This means that as you...