Game theory studies interactions among strategizing players, where the players can be people, animals, or genes, or more aggregate entities such as businesses, political parties, or nations. The first ...

Playing with Reality: How Games Shape Our World. By Kelly Clancy. Riverhead Books; 368 pages; $30. Allen Lane; £25 In 1824 Prince Wilhelm of Prussia asked for a demonstration of an elaborate game he ...

In rock-paper-scissors, the ideal strategy is simple: You should play a random move each round, choosing all three ...

Large language models (LLMs) -- the advanced AI behind tools like ChatGPT -- are increasingly integrated into daily life, assisting with tasks such as writing emails, answering questions, and even ...

If natural selection is survival of the fittest, why isn't everything a competition? Cooperation and competition have a fitness face off in game theory. Evolutionary games are often visually ...

In a recent artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning breakthrough in game theory, researchers solve a persistent problem with real-world applicability—for the better. At last month’s 34th ...

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