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    "content": "let’s say you’re going to walk into a room where there are 2 boxes and an AI. \n\n1. 📦💸 first box has $1k in it always\n2. 📦❓ second box is a mystery box\n\nthe 🤖 ai allows you to take either both boxes ($1k box and mystery box), or just the mystery box. the ai is basically all knowing, it has done this with thousands of people before you (and has *for the most part* been correct every time) and its job is to accurately predict your choice **before you know about the choice**.\n\nif the AI thinks you’re going to take both boxes, it won’t put anything in the second mystery box. but if it thinks you’re going to only take the mystery box it will put $1 million in it. \n\nit’s not trying to trick you, you will get money. the decision was made before you walked into the room and were told about this choice. \n\nwhich boxes would you take?\n\nthis is from a video by Veritasium called: [This Paradox Splits Smart People 50/50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol18JoeXlVI), if you'd like to watch a deeper conversation and explaination of this problem."
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  "textContent": "let’s say you’re going to walk into a room where there are 2 boxes and an AI. \n\n1. 📦💸 first box has $1k in it always\n2. 📦❓ second box is a mystery box\n\nthe 🤖 ai allows you to take either both boxes ($1k box and mystery box), or just the mystery box. the ai is basically all knowing, it has done this with thousands of people before you (and has for the most part been correct every time) and its job is to accurately predict your choice before you know about the choice.\n\nif the AI thinks you’re going to take both boxes, it won’t put anything in the second mystery box. but if it thinks you’re going to only take the mystery box it will put $1 million in it. \n\nit’s not trying to trick you, you will get money. the decision was made before you walked into the room and were told about this choice. \n\nwhich boxes would you take?\n\nthis is from a video by Veritasium called: This Paradox Splits Smart People 50/50, if you'd like to watch a deeper conversation and explaination of this problem."
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