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Re: ‘Advanced AI should be treated similar to Weapons of Mass Destruction’ 2 Months Ago by rproffitt UPDATE: Feb 4, 2025 — Google on Tuesday updated its ethical guidelines around artificial intelligence, removing commitments not to apply the technology to weapons or surveillance. Re: Probability Q 13 Years Ago by Nathaniel10 …This question requires a [I]very basic understanding of probability[/I] and is an excellent programming question, as a…does require a FAR more than basic understanding of probability. Note that the analytical solution does not require any… you seemed to not grasp is the probability concept of complementarity. The probability of [I]at least 1[/I] … Probability Error 15 Years Ago by PDB1982 … code and produces an output, but the Probability stays at 1 regardless of how many students…; void main() { int numStudents, DayOfBirth, cnt; double Probability, Power; cout << "Enter Number of …<< endl; Power = (numStudents * (numStudents - 1)) / 2; Probability = (1 - pow((364)/(365) , Power)); cnt = 0; while (cnt … Re: Probability Q 13 Years Ago by Moschops …, and you don't care about WHEN they are repeated. Probability is commonly counter-intuitive. Here's a take on the… problem (and probability IS tricky - I stand by to be corrected...): Given a… first song X, what is the probability that it is not the same as any previous song… Re: Probability Q 13 Years Ago by Nathaniel10 …the problem. It changes the complexity of the probability expression, but doesn't change the fundamental analysis.… It is no longer a binomial probability problem. It is a combinations problem. With each…remaining unplayed songs). That is a joint probability. That joint probability expression needs to be iterated over the … Re: Probability Q 13 Years Ago by Nathaniel10 … a computer programming problem. It is a probability problem. The probability solution involves dividing the 1000 songs into 2…from the first group with probability 1/1000 or the second group with probability 999/1000. The specific … the first group twice. This defines the binomial probability. The exact solution to this type of problem … Re: Probability Q 13 Years Ago by pheininger … you taking a programming class or are you taking a probability class? If you are in a programming class, have you… had a probability or statistics class? If not, you may want to study… (or have the instructor explain) the probability involved before you try to do any more coding. 4… Re: probability question 15 Years Ago by sknake ….Value / (decimal)loopMax) * 100 )); } MessageBox.Show("Probability breakdown: " + Environment.NewLine + sb.ToString()); } private … //First lets give you a spread of the probability //This is just informational TestProbability(); Weapon spoon =… Probability Q 13 Years Ago by pjh-10 if ive a 1000 songs,using shuffle whats the probability, on average, how many tracks will be played before a previous song plays again. tricky probability Q, getting a few different answers, with some variation of accuracy!! thanks Re: Probability Q 13 Years Ago by pjh-10 ah...probability,my enemy!!!was thinking of using the random number, and giving each song a number, and then recording how many songs it takes until repeat, since that'll take into account the 'average'. is there no simple (probability never is!!) calculation out there? Re: Probability Q 13 Years Ago by Moschops … either choose from the first group with probability 1/1000 or the second group with probability 999/1000. The specific problem seems… Re: Probability Q 13 Years Ago by Moschops …. [QUOTE]The number of iterations it takes for the joint probability of continuing to select only unplayed songs to reach 0… is 38. This question requires a very basic understanding of probability and is an excellent programming question, as a simple loop… Re: Probability Q 13 Years Ago by Moschops … should just write out the numbers. This is very basic probability. The point is that the chance of having a repeat…/1000) ... * (963/1000) = 0.509317 On the 38th draw, the probability of having a repeat somewhere in all the songs drawn… Probability of equality of numbers out of 4 12 Years Ago by delta_frost … it got too messy.My query is what is the probability that any [A]two of the four numbers removed from… numbers removed from the queues would be equal ? If the probability is low enough,I would not have to bother about… Re: Probability of equality of numbers out of 4 12 Years Ago by Ancient Dragon what you need to solve that problem is to study is [probability theory](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability_theory), not computer science. Pay attention to the section Discrete probability distributions Probability calculator 11 Years Ago by m_ishwar Here is a code snippet that calculates the probability of the outcome of a two sided game based on … equally strong parties, the result is calculated based on equal probability of all three outcomes. It can be written in hundreds… Re: probability question 15 Years Ago by DangerDev Hi, You have to use probability related formula to calculate probability. For that you need to formulate the mathematical model of … Re: Probability Q 13 Years Ago by deceptikon With the given information one can only assume a truly random shuffle of a single list of tracks with no other variables involved, so the probability is 1/1000 every time a new track is selected. Re: Probability Q 13 Years Ago by Moschops [QUOTE] is there no simple (probability never is!!) calculation out there?[/QUOTE] Yes and no. The … Re: Probability Q 13 Years Ago by Moschops … not the question. You're supposed to be checking the probability of ANY song coming up twice, and you don't… Re: Probability Q 13 Years Ago by Moschops … is a number of songs to play at which the probability of hearing a repeat is 50% (well, just over); the… Re: Probability Q 13 Years Ago by Moschops When I went out of my way to get a decent Mersenne twister and ran it a bajillion times, it (often) came out at 38; the probability gradient around that value is very shallow and I wasn't surprised to see it was variations about the value of 38 :) Re: Probability Q 13 Years Ago by nezachem … is a number of songs to play at which the probability of hearing a repeat is 50% (well, just over); the… Re: Probability Q 13 Years Ago by pheininger … that you have been assigned to find out when the probability that the length of a non-repeating sequence is less… Re: Probability Q 13 Years Ago by raptr_dflo … you values in the range [0,999] with approximately equal probability). Your code so far checks only whether any future song… Re: Probability of equality of numbers out of 4 12 Years Ago by TrustyTony Your words about not paying attention to too small probability sounds like famous last words of programmer ;) :( probability question 15 Years Ago by thanatos1 hi guys, i'm wondering how to calculate a probability and make the program respond to the result. for example, … Probability application in Computers 14 Years Ago by Nisa1207 Anyone know that where probability is used in computers? Re: Help required to add a number with a certian probability!!! 15 Years Ago by Ancient Dragon probability of what? Apples are red? Sky is blue? Grass is yellow? How is the probability variable calculated? Just a random number? So you want to increment the counter if there is a 50-50 chance of something happening? Re: Probability and Coin Tossing 9 Years Ago by Teme64 … T, T and T. Tossing this sequence has, according classic probability theory, likelihood P(T) * P(T) * P(T), (or 1…^3) = 1/8 which is exactly the same as the probability of the player A's sequence. From this follows that… strategy, how to choose the sequence, does not increase the probability of that sequence 2. to always choose second does not…