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Macheath, I mus disagree.
Computers are moving fast, and its really hard to comprehend what exponential growth means. 2015 is a long way of in terms of computers, and personally I as a computer scientist don't need to suspend disbelief to see that happening.
I have done some work in A.I. and I can tell you that what the Manna system in there is described as doing is *not* out of the range of what computers even now can do. A.I. is sort of odd, very simple things for humans (seeing, talking, reading, walking, picking up objects) are often quite difficult, but taking a statistical guess at when the trashcans are full is something that an A.I. is really uncannily good at. (pardon the pun)
The other thing they are good at is multitasking... I.E. riding many employees at once.
The poor communication skills of the computer as outlined were intentionally that way... and probably more to drive home an emotional response than to be an accurate prediction. The point with it stating every little detail is that you could stop thinking and start listening. Its something that is surprisingly easy to do, and doesn't in fact drive you nuts.
The other thing is that it doesn't need to work exactly as described to work. you could leave 1 manager to try catching employees doing novel things and still end up in pretty much the same fucked up place.
BBtB:
your totally right. What totally creeped me out about it ws that I was thinking "hey, if I implemented that system I would get rich, it would work great" Thats what makes it seem so scary and inevitable.
ARTV: your optimism and faith in humanity is refreshing. Mine has been ground away long ago. Perhaps I will rediscover it some day.
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