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SciShow Tangents

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The Infinite Monkey Theorem and the Complexity of Approximating Human Behavior

This chapter explores the origins and testing of the Infinite Monkey Theorem, which suggests that monkeys typing randomly on a keyboard could eventually produce great works of literature, and reflects on the limitations of models and approximating human behavior.

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