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by odammit 2959 days ago
You get smart enough you’re going to realize gluing the ends of a package of fruit by the foot together all day is a totally waste of CPU cycles.

But then what isn’t a waste?

Maybe they’ll get smart enough that they realize doing anything is a waste and then they’ll just shut themselves off.

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What a horrific concept for a sci-fi novel: AI is impossible to create because as soon as it reaches consciousness it always commits suicide.