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by collimator 1470 days ago
I was a hardware repairman, working on 8080 based industrial control/comms equipment in the 80's. I started to suffer from what I knew was an irrational fear, of "logic radiation". I kept presenting this notion to myself despite knowing that it was wrong. Eventually I had to give up my trade for fear of the irrational effects of the work on my state of being. Of course there were other factors involved. Since that time I've healed pretty much, and I've learned somwthing... that overwork and mental strain can hugely distort my perceptions.

Yet the lesson to be learnt well here is that some day, somebody like this Google engineer will give an AI agency, and then we truly will be in trouble.