E D Skinner

Fiction, facts, and philosophy

Cheating Computer!


The computer cheated.

The company I work for makes a 100% deterministic operating system. You want that when the computer is flying the airplane. (Have you traveled on a 787?)

Some of the slot machines in casinos also use our software. Because the computer and software are then 100% deterministic, it is deterministic that they are going to take all your money.

Whether sitting in a 787 at 41,000 feet or in front of a slot machine, you can be sure what the computer is going to do.