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cactopuses@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• IHateReddit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  1 monkey would likely die before producing Shakespeare

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  • cactopuses@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    oh absolutely, this is purely a thought experiment of course.

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  • yuri@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    not if it’s an infinite monkey

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well, an infinite number would.

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• ohshittheyknow@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So as weird as it sounds not all infinities are equal. For example there is an infinite set of odd numbers. That set will never include the number 2 though.

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  • figjam@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Two is the loneliest number?

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  • RickyWars@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    OK but what if we had one monkey typing away for every real number between zero and one?

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• BluesF@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  One monkey may never produce it even given infinite time. It could just produce an infinite string of the letter a and never change it’s mind. That’s less likely that it writing hamlet, or even many hamlets… But nonetheless, it could. In fact all of the infinite monkeys could do that. If you repeated the experiment and infinite number of times, it’s likely that one of them will simple produce an infinite number of infinite strings of only the letter A. Or, idk, ASCII art.

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  • jacksilver@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is the same type of criticism the paper made. The real intent behind the saying is given random output (where all outputs have nonzero probability) eventually you will create anything/everything.

    Its a thought experiment around infinity, probability, and art.

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    • Ephera@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, I haven’t read whatever paper this is talking about, but I imagine, it’s looking at the saying in a more literal fashion for the sake of argument…

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  • chakan2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s why a monkey is used in the thought experiment. Monkeys do think at a low level. As it goes insane over centuries of imprisonment in front of its jailer, it’s likely going to try complex solutions to get out. Think of the hell infinity would really be for this monkey.

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    • BluesF@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes, and given infinite monkeys no doubt they will eventually evolve into something that allows them to escape!

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