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PaulHouletoday at 3:02 PM1 replyview on HN

Yeah, "diabolical" overstates it. It isn't a wicked problem

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

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scottlawsontoday at 3:10 PM

I'd actually argue it has some wicked problem characteristics. The input space is enormous (all possible audio), perception is subjective and nonlinear, and there's no objective function to optimize against, only "does this feel right?". Every solution you try reframes what "good" means. It's not as hard as social planning but is way harder than it sounds, no pun intended.

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