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0 pointsLoSboccacc10y ago0 comments

computer decision making would be even worse.

what if the computer decides there is no way to feed the population at the current (or a future) growth rate and implements a mandatory two children only policy?

a computer wouldn't understand tact, politics or empathy, or if it would, it wouldn't be a solution much better than what we'd get now.

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codeshaman10y ago

It may also decide that it's necessary to reduce the population by implementing social purging, starting with the people who disagree with this decision.

Purge everyone who doesn't agree with the purge. 150 milliseconds later, law-enforcement drones and robots start executing.

Moshe_Silnorin10y ago

Conditional on its prediction being accurate, reducing birth rates is a better solution than creating new people to starve.

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