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by SpicyLemonZest 54 days ago
It's silly until you realize how similar they are to the weird kludges we apply when we need to get deterministic behavior out of humans. Airline pilots have a number of "skill files" (although they call them checklists) which they open and use on an as-needed basis, and are trained to respect a number of "hook" conditions when specific actions must be immediately performed.