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Minesweeper thermodynamics

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oerpli ◴[] No.45123749[source]
What would the winrate of a bot doing these calculations be compared to one that doesn't?
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OscarCunningham ◴[] No.45124002[source]
The bot at https://mrgris.com/projects/minesweepr/ does these calculations, and has a winrate of 37.8% on expert. I don't know what a more naive bot would achieve.
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1. senfiaj ◴[] No.45126133[source]
Is this better compared to an actual expert human?
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2. OscarCunningham ◴[] No.45126292[source]
I think the human experts mostly care about speed rather than their average solve percentage. If they're forced to guess then they can just restart if they get it wrong.