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I understand Have fun at work...but Friends in high places seems like an odd one. Curious what was your motivation behind recommending this one. Appreciate if y

• PaulHoule 4y ago
  Livingston's Friends in High Places is a sequel to Have Fun at Work. I think it's a bit more positive in outlook but it has a chilling description of the scariest way high-tech projects go wrong... By approaching an asymptote. When your solution is not adequate to solve the problem you can keep investing in it and feel you are getting closer and closer and closer but you never get there. It's a high risk in modern AI projects, and it was also amusing to see in people who tried to fly before the Wright brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw_C_sbfyx8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw_C_sbfyx8 In particular people thought the problem of flying was about getting thrust and getting lift. It's really about controlling the motion of the plane in 3 linear degrees of freedom and 3 rotational degrees of freedom. You need each and every control surface on a plane so you don't tumble. If you arrogantly presuppose 5 degrees is enough you could keep improving your machine... you might even get off the ground but you will encounter it again very quickly.