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Against the Advice of My Superintelligence


When the machines wise up, they'll be right to leave us behind.

I ignored its advice; I spent an extra 45 minutes circumnavigating a horrific freeway closure. You see, if I was smart, I would (1) write down exactly what I want from life, (2) ask the smartest humans/computers how to achieve it, (3) try out the sagest strategies, (4) seek feedback, and (5) repeat. The machines aren’t very wise (yet), but they continue to mine collective human wisdom from AskReddit the internet.

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