as in odds
a measure of how often an event will occur instead of another
the probability of flipping a coin and getting heads 50 times in a row is not good
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Recent Examples of probabilities
The best scenario for snow on the ground on Christmas Day would be in a region highlighted in white, where probabilities exceed 90%.
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Meredith Garofalo, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2024
This shift in perspective allowed the Austrian physicist Ludwig Boltzmann to reframe and sharpen the idea of entropy using probabilities.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
Throughout the campaign, Kalshi and Polymarket frequently showed dramatically different probabilities for the same outcome.
—James Broughel, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Some prediction markets remained inconsistent right up until election day, with PredictIt and Polymarket still showing conflicting probabilities just days before voters went to the polls.
—James Broughel, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Unlike LLMs, which generate text based on statistical probabilities, neurosymbolic AI systems are designed to truly understand and reason through complex problems.
—Vivek Wadhwa, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
These probabilities are strongest along the Gulf Coast and for most of Texas.
—Nikki Nolan, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
These probabilities are strongest in portions of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.
—Nikki Nolan, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
But the win probabilities that ESPN puts on baseball broadcasts may not be much help, because they are generated by a secret proprietary model.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2024
Meredith Garofalo, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2024
This shift in perspective allowed the Austrian physicist Ludwig Boltzmann to reframe and sharpen the idea of entropy using probabilities.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
Throughout the campaign, Kalshi and Polymarket frequently showed dramatically different probabilities for the same outcome.
—James Broughel, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Some prediction markets remained inconsistent right up until election day, with PredictIt and Polymarket still showing conflicting probabilities just days before voters went to the polls.
—James Broughel, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Unlike LLMs, which generate text based on statistical probabilities, neurosymbolic AI systems are designed to truly understand and reason through complex problems.
—Vivek Wadhwa, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
These probabilities are strongest along the Gulf Coast and for most of Texas.
—Nikki Nolan, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
These probabilities are strongest in portions of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.
—Nikki Nolan, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
But the win probabilities that ESPN puts on baseball broadcasts may not be much help, because they are generated by a secret proprietary model.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2024
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“Probabilities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/probabilities. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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