Computer boffins trying to build programs to figure out optimal strategies and βsolveβ the gameβ¦
Itβs sad isnβt it. Just a little brain teaser but they have to over complicate it.
It's actually brilliant, not sad. It gets people to think programmatically - something which is massively lacking in this country. Devising strategies to 'win' at games is *literally* the building block of Artficial Intelligence, which (aside from research at some universities) is a field where the UK should be world leading, but in reality lags behind the US and China. We don't have any decent technology education here - the vast majority of people still think 'computing' is Microsoft Excel, rather than computer programming. That needs to change - something like analysing the wordle problem is the exact sort of thing that should be posed to children.Β
Computer boffins trying to build programs to figure out optimal strategies and βsolveβ the gameβ¦
Itβs sad isnβt it. Just a little brain teaser but they have to over complicate it.
It's actually brilliant, not sad. It gets people to think programmatically - something which is massively lacking in this country. Devising strategies to 'win' at games is *literally* the building block of Artficial Intelligence, which (aside from research at some universities) is a field where the UK should be world leading, but in reality lags behind the US and China. We don't have any decent technology education here - the vast majority of people still think 'computing' is Microsoft Excel, rather than computer programming. That needs to change - something like analysing the wordle problem is the exact sort of thing that should be posed to children.Β
Computer boffins trying to build programs to figure out optimal strategies and βsolveβ the gameβ¦
Itβs sad isnβt it. Just a little brain teaser but they have to over complicate it.
It's actually brilliant, not sad. It gets people to think programmatically - something which is massively lacking in this country. Devising strategies to 'win' at games is *literally* the building block of Artficial Intelligence, which (aside from research at some universities) is a field where the UK should be world leading, but in reality lags behind the US and China. We don't have any decent technology education here - the vast majority of people still think 'computing' is Microsoft Excel, rather than computer programming. That needs to change - something like analysing the wordle problem is the exact sort of thing that should be posed to children.Β
My kids have started coding at primary school. basic stuff around logic etc. This is fantastic of course but why in God's green Earth haven't schools been doing that since the 80's? Roll out the BBC Micros and give everyone a turn. I used to do BASIC on my Dad's Spectrum, but couldn't take it any further than that. My mate is in IT, and the company he worked for had all their programming done in Serbia, where apparently they have been teaching coding for donkeys years. Such a wasted opportunity.
Computer boffins trying to build programs to figure out optimal strategies and βsolveβ the gameβ¦
Itβs sad isnβt it. Just a little brain teaser but they have to over complicate it.
It's actually brilliant, not sad. It gets people to think programmatically - something which is massively lacking in this country. Devising strategies to 'win' at games is *literally* the building block of Artficial Intelligence, which (aside from research at some universities) is a field where the UK should be world leading, but in reality lags behind the US and China. We don't have any decent technology education here - the vast majority of people still think 'computing' is Microsoft Excel, rather than computer programming. That needs to change - something like analysing the wordle problem is the exact sort of thing that should be posed to children.Β
But itβs just a way to pass time on the bog.
For you, it is. But there are mathematical ways to 'solve' the problem, and doing the work involved in 'solving' it sets people on the path to a deeper understanding of the concepts (algorithms, game theory) that are fundamental to computing/computer science. In fact, unless you're just randomly bashing letters into the game every time (in which case you'll fail 99% of the time), you're already using the algorithms (albeit in a rudimentary fashion) to inform your 'guesses'.
It's stuff like that that really irritates me - kids should be being taught this in school from an early age, so that people in articles like the one above aren't referred to as 'computer boffins' (no offence @Callumcafc) - like it's some sort of derogatory term
Computer boffins trying to build programs to figure out optimal strategies and βsolveβ the gameβ¦
Itβs sad isnβt it. Just a little brain teaser but they have to over complicate it.
It's actually brilliant, not sad. It gets people to think programmatically - something which is massively lacking in this country. Devising strategies to 'win' at games is *literally* the building block of Artficial Intelligence, which (aside from research at some universities) is a field where the UK should be world leading, but in reality lags behind the US and China. We don't have any decent technology education here - the vast majority of people still think 'computing' is Microsoft Excel, rather than computer programming. That needs to change - something like analysing the wordle problem is the exact sort of thing that should be posed to children.Β
But itβs just a way to pass time on the bog.
For you, it is. But there are mathematical ways to 'solve' the problem, and doing the work involved in 'solving' it sets people on the path to a deeper understanding of the concepts (algorithms, game theory) that are fundamental to computing/computer science. In fact, unless you're just randomly bashing letters into the game every time (in which case you'll fail 99% of the time), you're already using the algorithms (albeit in a rudimentary fashion) to inform your 'guesses'.
It's stuff like that that really irritates me - kids should be being taught this in school from an early age, so that people in articles like the one above aren't referred to as 'computer boffins' (no offence @Callumcafc) - like it's some sort of derogatory term
All thatβs good but itβs not kids trying to code a way to do Wordle though is it?
If anyone's feeling masochistic, then there's Absurdle which describes itself as "an adversarial version of Wordle". Basically rather than picking a word in advance, and letting you work towards it, it gradually narrows down the answer based on the words you've already picked. Best I've managed is 5, but it can apparently be done in 4.
Computer boffins trying to build programs to figure out optimal strategies and βsolveβ the gameβ¦
Itβs sad isnβt it. Just a little brain teaser but they have to over complicate it.
It's actually brilliant, not sad. It gets people to think programmatically - something which is massively lacking in this country. Devising strategies to 'win' at games is *literally* the building block of Artficial Intelligence, which (aside from research at some universities) is a field where the UK should be world leading, but in reality lags behind the US and China. We don't have any decent technology education here - the vast majority of people still think 'computing' is Microsoft Excel, rather than computer programming. That needs to change - something like analysing the wordle problem is the exact sort of thing that should be posed to children.Β
But itβs just a way to pass time on the bog.
For you, it is. But there are mathematical ways to 'solve' the problem, and doing the work involved in 'solving' it sets people on the path to a deeper understanding of the concepts (algorithms, game theory) that are fundamental to computing/computer science. In fact, unless you're just randomly bashing letters into the game every time (in which case you'll fail 99% of the time), you're already using the algorithms (albeit in a rudimentary fashion) to inform your 'guesses'.
It's stuff like that that really irritates me - kids should be being taught this in school from an early age, so that people in articles like the one above aren't referred to as 'computer boffins' (no offence @Callumcafc) - like it's some sort of derogatory term
Oops - Iβm actually on your βsideβ of this. I think itβs really cool. Didnβt mean to use the term boffins in a derogatory way at all.
If anyone's feeling masochistic, then there's Absurdle which describes itself as "an adversarial version of Wordle". Basically rather than picking a word in advance, and letting you work towards it, it gradually narrows down the answer based on the words you've already picked. Best I've managed is 5, but it can apparently be done in 4.
Thanks for Absurdle tip. First try was seven. Will keep at it!
If anyone's feeling masochistic, then there's Absurdle which describes itself as "an adversarial version of Wordle". Basically rather than picking a word in advance, and letting you work towards it, it gradually narrows down the answer based on the words you've already picked. Best I've managed is 5, but it can apparently be done in 4.
That was annoying, I got into a position of having the last four letters but multiple possible first letters so it kept telling me I was wrong until there was only one left available. Time to rethink tactics⦠:-)
Computer boffins trying to build programs to figure out optimal strategies and βsolveβ the gameβ¦
Itβs sad isnβt it. Just a little brain teaser but they have to over complicate it.
It's actually brilliant, not sad. It gets people to think programmatically - something which is massively lacking in this country. Devising strategies to 'win' at games is *literally* the building block of Artficial Intelligence, which (aside from research at some universities) is a field where the UK should be world leading, but in reality lags behind the US and China. We don't have any decent technology education here - the vast majority of people still think 'computing' is Microsoft Excel, rather than computer programming. That needs to change - something like analysing the wordle problem is the exact sort of thing that should be posed to children.Β
But itβs just a way to pass time on the bog.
For you, it is. But there are mathematical ways to 'solve' the problem, and doing the work involved in 'solving' it sets people on the path to a deeper understanding of the concepts (algorithms, game theory) that are fundamental to computing/computer science. In fact, unless you're just randomly bashing letters into the game every time (in which case you'll fail 99% of the time), you're already using the algorithms (albeit in a rudimentary fashion) to inform your 'guesses'.
It's stuff like that that really irritates me - kids should be being taught this in school from an early age, so that people in articles like the one above aren't referred to as 'computer boffins' (no offence @Callumcafc) - like it's some sort of derogatory term
All thatβs good but itβs not kids trying to code a way to do Wordle though is it?
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First day playing, a fun little game to get the brain working in the morning.
Wordle 206 4/6
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It's stuff like that that really irritates me - kids should be being taught this in school from an early age, so that people in articles like the one above aren't referred to as 'computer boffins' (no offence @Callumcafc) - like it's some sort of derogatory term
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did my head in this one.Β