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AndrewKemendotoday at 3:35 PM2 repliesview on HN

The entire purpose of automation is to remove a capacity limited human from a continuous workflow because the workflow is more capably achieved with fewer errors than the human

See: traffic lights


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ofjcihentoday at 3:39 PM

That’s a great explanation of automation.

If I have a choice between a deterministic traffic light and a non-deterministic traffic light which one would I use?

And yes, before you say “this isn’t a comparison of non deterministic and deterministic tools, this is a comparison of two non-deterministic tools” think about what my next question might be.

overgardtoday at 4:28 PM

An AI traffic light sounds like an excellent way to kill a lot of people