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1. danielodievich · 1790640263 · focus · HN ↗

   William Gibson's Neuromancer had this marvelous quote when Case is talking to Dixie, dead construct of former hacker, about Turing police

   * "The moment, I mean the nanosecond, that one of those things starts figuring out ways to make itself smarter, Turing’ll wipe it. Nobody trusts those fuckers, you know that. Every AI ever built has an electromagnetic shotgun wired to its forehead." *

   It would seem someone has read the book? And maybe heeded good advice?

   1. isoprophlex · 1790670521 · focus · HN ↗

      as others have said, your hypothetical Wintermute only needs to get it right once, while the shotgun has to get it right every time.
   2. cesarb · 1790686583 · focus · HN ↗

      If you read the whole book, you know it didn't quite work...

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