Ralph, I am still finding the distribution is not 50:50 on the initial roll, but have observed a significant change when I set the dice option to www.random.org.
I note something from my systems engineering: Nancy Leveson at MIT states it is impossible to verify that software provides a safe outcome. Other human factors / systems engineering researchers note the need to keep humans in the decision loop for the same reason. Numerous anecdotal reports have also found bias in complex software (if it does not pass Turing test, it is not AI). Cheers Wayne -----Original Message----- From: Ralph Corderoy [mailto:ra...@inputplus.co.uk] Sent: Monday, April 15, 2019 12:39 AM To: Wayne Cc: bug-gnubg@gnu.org Subject: Re: [Bug-gnubg] Why does it move first about 80% of the time Hi Wayne, > On the start roll, the software rolls a higher number over 80% of the > time regardless of who won the previous game. If random it should be > 50%. Explanation?? Over how big a sample of starting rolls is that 80% measured? Also, see http://www.gnubg.org/win32/gnubg/faq.html#I%20think%20this%20bot%20is%20cheating%20by%20rolling%20better%20dice for a tip on changing the method of rolling dice. -- Cheers, Ralph. _______________________________________________ Bug-gnubg mailing list Bug-gnubg@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg
