[Autosave is for Wimps]

[Autosave is for Wimps]

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Avoid a brush with death by thinking ahead
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Avoid a brush with death by thinking ahead

Fully autonomous AI: what could possibly go wrong?

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Jun 09, 2023
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My toothbrush isn’t talking to me today.

Well, it is, I suppose, in a blinky LED sort of way. Its blinking effectively tells me “I refuse to work until you replace my head” and now nothing I do or say will persuade it otherwise. “Talk to the handle,” it’s saying. “I gave you plenty of noti…

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