Sam GanzfriedinGanzfried GleansFinal Jeopardy Wagering Part 2I previously posted several about an interesting final jeopardy wagering situation that arose in the final game of James Holzhauer’s big…May 26, 2023May 26, 2023
Sam GanzfriedinGanzfried GleansEvaluating randomized algorithms on randomized problem instancesSuppose we want to compare the performances of two algorithms — call them A and B — on a problem X. In particular, suppose that we want to…Mar 15, 2022Mar 15, 2022
Sam GanzfriedinGanzfried GleansOptimal crime sentencingI have been watching some true crime videos recently, and a phenomenon that seems relatively common is that the criminal sets out to commit…Jan 9, 2022Jan 9, 2022
Sam GanzfriedinGanzfried GleansBasic game theory fact that many people get wrongConsider an imperfect-information extensive-form game, such as poker. We know that every such game has at least one Nash equilibrium, by…Dec 15, 20212Dec 15, 20212
Sam GanzfriedinGanzfried GleansAcademia did everything possible to prevent discovery of COVID vaccinesThe Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were discovered as a result of research done by Dr. Katalin Kariko. While obviously we can not be sure yet…Jun 6, 2021Jun 6, 2021
Sam GanzfriedinGanzfried GleansWho’s the weakest link?In the Weakest Link game show, eight contestants answer a series of trivia questions to accumulate a “bank” of money, with one contest…Nov 25, 2020Nov 25, 2020
Sam GanzfriedinGanzfried GleansThe AI conference system is flawedIt is widely known that there is a lot of “random noise” in AI conference paper acceptances. For example, an experiment was done at the…Oct 17, 2020Oct 17, 2020
Sam GanzfriedinGanzfried GleansFunding in startups vs. academiaFunding plays a critical role both for starting a company and for running an academic research lab at a university. In the first case, it…Sep 5, 2020Sep 5, 2020
Sam GanzfriedinGanzfried GleansLargest unique number gameRecently the following game was proposed on twitter:Jul 22, 2020Jul 22, 2020
Sam GanzfriedinGanzfried Gleans(Desk) rejected!!!The conference NeurIPS instituted a new reviewing policy this year:Jul 14, 2020Jul 14, 2020
