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> Google at the moment feels like a ruthless data driven company. “Our charts show that with this change people use more google services. It invades user’s priv
by ipython 8y ago
> Google at the moment feels like a ruthless data driven company. “Our charts show that with this change people use more google services. It invades user’s privacy and pisses off a bunch of HN users but who cares? This will make us a trillion dollar company, and it is working!”
This. A million times. Be prepared for the next step: http://decisionproblem.com/paperclips/index2.html http://decisionproblem.com/paperclips/index2.html
- ISL 8y agoDespite my familiarity with the Paperclip Maximizer, it has still been instructive to think it through in real time. It's a nice way to think about priorities in life. Thanks!
- mdaniel 8y agoHoly cow, what have you done to me?! And I thought Civ5 was "one more click" syndrome... The page is pretty sparse; do you know if there are any winning conditions, or it just goes on until `Number` in JS oveflows?
- dmurray 8y agoIt does terminate and there's more to the story than you've seen so far.