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0 pointseru1y ago0 comments

I'm not sure that's a good heuristic? People love playing Tetris or solving crossword puzzles, and machines are much better at them than us.

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People keep playing trivial or repetitive games because they enjoy it. People keep writing trivial or repetitive code because they have to.

…or maybe because they actually enjoy it the same as the games?

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0 pointseru1y ago0 comments

I'm not sure that's a good heuristic? People love playing Tetris or solving crossword puzzles, and machines are much better at them than us.

People keep playing trivial or repetitive games because they enjoy it. People keep writing trivial or repetitive code because they have to.

…or maybe because they actually enjoy it the same as the games?

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