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gdulliyesterday at 11:28 PM3 repliesview on HN

If you told me this was a verbatim cautionary sci-fi short story from 1953 I'd believe it.


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Terr_today at 2:49 AM

Perhaps Asimov in 1958?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feeling_of_Power

That said, I maintain there are huge qualitative differences between using a calculator versus "hey computer guess-solve this mess of inputs for me."

Joker_vDtoday at 3:19 AM

At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel "Don't Create The Torment Nexus"!

peytonyesterday at 11:39 PM

Eh 1953 was more about what’s going to happen to the people left behind, e.g. Childhood’s End. The vast majority of people will be better off having the market-winning AI tell them what to do.

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