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Old 11-22-2021, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth View Post
Yup. Machine just does what someone tells it to do. Which is why Captain Kirk was able to prevail in the Star Fleet Academy training simulation that was "impossible" to win and that had defeated everyone else: he reprogrammed the computer.

And I doubt a computer is going to pass the Turing Test any time soon.
It would be easy to code and calibrate machines and have the unit secure and tamper-proof, just like a safe. They could be checked and tested between, and maybe even during, each game. That is not an issue.
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