Comment on Typing monkey would be unable to produce 'Hamlet' within the lifetime of the universe, study finds

AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• eager_eagle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  the paper used the entire population (200 thousand) and would take some 10^10^7 heat deaths of the universe

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  • rimu@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    ok so the monkeys need to type faster

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    • 0x0@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Let’s put them in open spaces in offices and micro-mananage then, that’ll work.

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    • lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And we need more of them!

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      • ODuffer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Irrelevant. The heat death of the universe is a constraint unrelated to the premise of the original problem.

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    • eager_eagle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t think it’s a constraint, it’s more like a measuring stick

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      • Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s really not that long, if we can’t get monkeys to write Shakespeare.

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