'Non-trivial text generation during the lifespan of our universe is almost certainly impossible,' the researchers said.
The old adage goes that if you give an infinite number of monkeys an infinite amount of time hitting random keys on a typewriter, one of them will eventually type out the complete works of William Shakespeare.This concept—known as the Infinite Monkey Theorem—suggests that, given infinite time and random chance, any sequence of text, including something as complex as Shakespeare's back catalog, would ultimately be produced.
However, according to the new paper, this still may not be long enough for infinite monkeys to randomly achieve the works of Shakespeare.'The Infinite Monkey Theorem only considers the infinite limit, with either an infinite number of monkeys or an infinite time period of monkey labor,' study co-author Stephen Woodcock, an associate professor at the University of Technology Sydney, said in a statement.
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