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pretty sure you mean Ed Thorpe, though Thorpe did eventually collaborate with Shannon. https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/thorp.pdf https://www.cs.virginia.edu
by xdavidliu 3y ago
pretty sure you mean Ed Thorpe, though Thorpe did eventually collaborate with Shannon.
https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/thorp.pdf https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/thorp.pdf
- riemannzeta 3y agoAccording to Thorp himself they were collaborators on the roulette scheme.
- kgwgk 3y ago“The first wearable computer was conceived in 1955 by the author to predict roulette, culminating in a joint effort at M.I.T. with Claude Shannon in 1960-61. The final operating version was tested in Shannon’s basement home lab in June of 1961. […] The Shannons and Thorps tested the computer in Las Vegas in the summer of 1961.” It was just an idea before they jointly developed it.