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{{a|devil|{{subtable|{{complicated capsule}}}}}}Zero-sum games, when one player wins and one loses, are generally complicated systems, even though practically solving them may be extremely hard, and (like Chess and Go) they may not yet have ''been'' solved. Hence there is room for ''expertise'' to make a differenceA chess grandmaster will do better against IBM’s Dr Watson<ref>Or whatever the hell it was called.</ref> than will a novice, though there is always the chance you’ll play ''so'' badly that all the wiseguy’s sophisticated strategies fail and you walk her into an accidental checkmate when all you were trying to do is line your prawns and your horseys up because they looked nice that way.  In a [[simple system]], an expert has little advantage over a novice will a set of instructions.  
{{a|devil|{{subtable|{{complicated capsule}}}}}}Zero-sum games, when one player wins and one loses, are generally complicated systems, even though practically solving them may be extremely hard, and (like Chess and Go) they may not yet have ''been'' solved. Hence there is room for ''expertise'' to make a difference: if part of the system is a player just like you, only intent in getting the opposite outcome, then who wins will be a determined by who most skilfully uses the rules of the game to her advantage. A chess grandmaster will do better against IBM’s Dr Watson<ref>Or whatever the hell it was called.</ref> than will a novice, though there is always the chance you’ll play ''so'' badly that all the wiseguy’s sophisticated strategies fail and you walk her into an accidental checkmate when all you were trying to do is line your prawns and your horseys up because they looked nice that way.  In a [[simple system]], an expert has little advantage over a novice will a set of instructions.  


Artificial intelligence and computing power is pretty good at handling complicated systems.
Artificial intelligence and computing power is pretty good at handling complicated systems.
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