Just had a tangentially related conversation about a similar-ish process that restaurant managers/chains use to figure out viability of new locations. They just

Just had a tangentially related conversation about a similar-ish process that restaurant managers/chains use to figure out viability of new locations. They just blindly use software to tell them if the community size/traffic flow will generate revenue relative to costs. Seeing this article, too, along with a dozen other personal anecdotes (and seeing the early stages of blind-trust in AI), I'm realizing we're moving toward a point where over-trust in "what the computer says" is going to have material effects on civilization. Ironically, the "Terminator Scenario," won't be what destroys us. Instead, it will be people's brains turning to mush due to over-reliance on AI/algos/etc. We'll simply hit a point where few if any people exist who understand the analog side of what the software is automating.