This article has a strong ChatGPT smell. Things like "in the world of", "let's dive into", the bullet points, "conclusion" section, etc. Anyone else have the same feeling?
Feels this way to me too.
A secret poker game you can play on the subway
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#12> Selecting a row near the doors can increase the likelihood of passenger turnover
I don't think that's true. People get off when they get to their destination whether or not it is easy to reach the door, and sit in available spaces.
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#13This article has a strong ChatGPT smell. Things like "in the world of", "let's dive into", the bullet points, "conclusion" section, etc. Anyone else have the same feeling?
Yep. Read the first few paragraphs and immediately noticed the stink. Using it as an assistant is fine, but you really shouldn't leave what it outputs untouched, especially when it's this obvious!
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#14Each card value has the same probability, but subway riders' distribution is all skewed.
A way to make the hands fair that comes to me right away is to take some unambiguous information about riders (coat color, presence of a hat, etc..) and calculate a hash that you can read as/transform to a hand. This should transform the distribution to uniform, at least to a degree suitable for an occasional play.
Though, this will void the strategical part of the game.
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#15Great thing about the Lexington Ave subway in New York is that you can legally gamble with your own money just by setting foot on it!
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#16This article has a strong ChatGPT smell. Things like "in the world of", "let's dive into", the bullet points, "conclusion" section, etc. Anyone else have the same feeling?
In section "Works in every major city!", the author mentions they are from France.
Given that, it's not surprising that they used an AI to help with translation.
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#17This article has a strong ChatGPT smell. Things like "in the world of", "let's dive into", the bullet points, "conclusion" section, etc. Anyone else have the same feeling?
I got that feeling because of adjectives like “innovative”. Thought that it might be impolite to imply that in the comments, and was relieved that someone already did.
The premise of the article is still interesting.
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#18It’s not clear to me when or how you “choose” your row of 5. I feel dense but I don’t think this is described…
Notice the image which says “A pair of aces is a good start”, because two elderly people are sitting there. Think of it like each row being a pre-populated hand (which may be missing some cards) based on the people already sitting there. You pick it and then the “cards” change themselves between stations. In other words, you pick immediately once the game starts. Look around to see which row you think has the best ch…
this is a far better explanation than the article
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#19This article has a strong ChatGPT smell. Things like "in the world of", "let's dive into", the bullet points, "conclusion" section, etc. Anyone else have the same feeling?
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#20The most obvious issues with this is that the game boils down to predicting passenger patterns, but you're still just comparing two RNGs, which is one of the worst kinds of games. I also don't think this can be called Poker, really. Poker is an imperfect information game, where your hand tells you some information about your opponents' hands.
It would be interesting to read HN's ideas on how you can simulate the shared information part of the game in such a scenario.