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by AndrewKemendo 29 days ago
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

2 comments

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.

> think about what my next question might be

or you could just say it yourself instead

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