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TranscriptExplain it to me like I’m 80

Mom: What’s with these AIs escaping and hacking people? That sounds scary.

Me: You park your car at the top of a hill. You leave a note on the dashboard that says “please be good” and then you pull the parking brake. The car careens down the hill, smashes everything up, and you put out a press release saying “My car ignored my instructions! It hallucinated! It went rogue!” Your insurance company not only believes you, but invests a hundred million dollars in your company.

Mom: Jesus Fucking Christ

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[–] 4 points 4 days ago* (5 children)

Software can also be used for other things. Your ingredients in cooking, for example, with the hardware being the tools, utensils, and vessels used to transform the ingredients into a dish.

I don't think this usage in the dictionary, tho.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    The ingredients aren't software, they are the inputs. The software is the recipe, or the process used to take the inputs and use the hardware to create an output.

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