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Re:The Mars company has sponsored hundreds of studies to sho... by emodendroket on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @06:08PM (#15503671)
That's just a more efficient way to propagate the preferences of whoever gets to control the computer system.
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Re:The Mars company has sponsored hundreds of studies to sho... by njarboe on Thursday October 19, 2017 @09:11PM (#15512873)
The computer would just be set to maximize the "common good", of course.
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Re:The Mars company has sponsored hundreds of studies to sho... by emodendroket on Thursday October 19, 2017 @10:30PM (#15513162)
As defined by whom?
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Re:The Mars company has sponsored hundreds of studies to sho... by njarboe on Friday October 20, 2017 @01:03PM (#15517345)
That is the hard part, isn't it? The previous statements were a bit tongue-in-cheek, but also serious.
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