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Is about subjective knowledge, not objective. So entropy is not related to the number of remaining legal states. If I know the seed of a PRNG, the entropy of
by dist-epoch 2y ago
Is about subjective knowledge, not objective.
So entropy is not related to the number of remaining legal states.
If I know the seed of a PRNG, the entropy of the numbers it generates is zero for me. If I don't know the seed, it has very high entropy.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-entropy-a-measure-of-just-how-little-we-really-know-20241213/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-entropy-a-measure-of-...
- HelloNurse 2y agoLow entropy in chess means effective prediction of future moves, which is far less useful than dedicating equivalent effort to choosing a good next move for ourselves.