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by MonkeyClub 1270 days ago
Heck, even toilet flushes are cybernetic devices in one sense, ie they work by virtue of a self regulating feedback loop.

It seems that with software we’re hell bent on verifying Arthur Clarke’s aphorism wrt sufficiently advanced tech being indistinguishable from magic.

Think language models, for a contemporary example.