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Re:Prediction and Entropy of Printed English – Claude Shanno... by xdavidliu on Thursday May 04, 2023 @09:58AM (#35815425)
pretty sure you mean Ed Thorpe, though Thorpe did eventually collaborate with Shannon.

https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/thorp.pdf

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Re:Prediction and Entropy of Printed English – Claude Shanno... by riemannzeta on Thursday May 04, 2023 @10:30AM (#35815946)
According to Thorp himself they were collaborators on the roulette scheme.
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Re:Prediction and Entropy of Printed English – Claude Shanno... by kgwgk on Thursday May 04, 2023 @11:39AM (#35817149)
“The first wearable computer was conceived in 1955 by the author to predict roulette, culminating in a joint effort at M.I.T. with Claude Shannon in 1960-61. The final operating version was tested in Shannon’s basement home lab in June of 1961. […] The Shannons and Thorps tested the computer in Las Vegas in the summer of 1961.”
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