Computer scientists Quotes

• Computer scientists have been working on finding this balance for more than fifty years. They even have a name for it: the explore/exploit tradeoff.

  

  Brian Christian
  • Balance
  • Tradeoff
  • Computer scientists

• Computer scientists would call this a ping attack or a “denial of service attack: give a system an overwhelming number of trivial things to do, and the important things get lost in the chaos.

  

  Brian Christian
  • Chaos
  • Attack
  • Computer scientists

• Even the best strategy sometimes yields bad results—which is why computer scientists take care to distinguish between “process” and “outcome.” If you followed the best possible process, then you’ve done all you can, and you shouldn’t blame yourself if things didn’t go your way.

  

  Brian Christian
  • Process
  • Results
  • Strategy