HALO Effect
HALO Effect Originally shared by Noah Friedman This is how automation is probably going to kill us all: tell a computer to optimize for something and it will. (This observation is just a variation on the nanotech grey goo problem.)
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ReplyDeleteThe state of Florida limited purchases of pseudoephedrine, which now cannot be sold OTC, and a photo I.D. must be presented to track the purchase; the supposed reasoning was to combat meth. The unintended consequence has been that meth production mostly has been taken over by organized crime; a large amount imported from Mexico - and the price of meth has decreased dramatically, while usage has increased across the state. And the same political party idiots are returned to office . . . .
ReplyDeleteAround here, we've got to show ID in order to buy spray paint.
ReplyDeleteOh you crazy coastal graffiti artistes . . . .
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