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Re:Why it is important that software projects fail (2008) by afarrell on Monday September 07, 2020 @03:40PM (#24402062)
> Similarly, if I ask you to serve me a hamburger, there's the implication that someone somewhere has slaughtered an innocent cow. I don't want the innocent cow slaughtered, I just want to eat the hamburger. Yet, it would be fair to say that I asked for the cow to be slaughtered.

I really wish there was a 1-3 word phrase for this concept, because I keep needing one. I am hopeful that the field of AI Safety will give us one.

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