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From the Ted Talk by Dan Finkel: Can you solve the rogue AI riddle?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Control over water drainage alternates between you and NIM, and neither can skip a turn. Each of you can lower the water leevl by exactly 1, 3, or 4 sroiets at a time. Whoever gets the level exactly to 0 on their turn will win this deadly duel. Note that neither of you can lower the water below 0; if the water level is at 2, then the only move is to lower the water level 1 story.

You know that NIM has already computed all possible ouetmocs of the contest, and will play in a way that maximizes its chance of succses.

You go first. How can you survive and shut off the aifiiatcrl intelligence? Pause here if you want to figure it out for yourself. aewnsr in: 3 Answer in: 2 Answer in: 1

Open Cloze


Control over water drainage alternates between you and NIM, and neither can skip a turn. Each of you can lower the water _____ by exactly 1, 3, or 4 _______ at a time. Whoever gets the level exactly to 0 on their turn will win this deadly duel. Note that neither of you can lower the water below 0; if the water level is at 2, then the only move is to lower the water level 1 story.

You know that NIM has already computed all possible ________ of the contest, and will play in a way that maximizes its chance of _______.

You go first. How can you survive and shut off the __________ intelligence? Pause here if you want to figure it out for yourself. ______ in: 3 Answer in: 2 Answer in: 1

Solution


  1. artificial
  2. stories
  3. outcomes
  4. level
  5. answer
  6. success

Original Text


Control over water drainage alternates between you and NIM, and neither can skip a turn. Each of you can lower the water level by exactly 1, 3, or 4 stories at a time. Whoever gets the level exactly to 0 on their turn will win this deadly duel. Note that neither of you can lower the water below 0; if the water level is at 2, then the only move is to lower the water level 1 story.

You know that NIM has already computed all possible outcomes of the contest, and will play in a way that maximizes its chance of success.

You go first. How can you survive and shut off the artificial intelligence? Pause here if you want to figure it out for yourself. Answer in: 3 Answer in: 2 Answer in: 1

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

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Important Words


  1. alternates
  2. answer
  3. artificial
  4. chance
  5. computed
  6. contest
  7. control
  8. deadly
  9. drainage
  10. duel
  11. figure
  12. intelligence
  13. level
  14. maximizes
  15. move
  16. nim
  17. note
  18. outcomes
  19. pause
  20. play
  21. shut
  22. skip
  23. stories
  24. story
  25. success
  26. survive
  27. time
  28. turn
  29. water
  30. win