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> This leads us to Platt’s Second Law of Computers: People like computers because computers do what they’re told. The job they actually perform is less importan
by saulpw 5mo ago
> This leads us to Platt’s Second Law of Computers:
People like computers because computers do what they’re
told. The job they actually perform is less important than
their obedience in doing it.
This is why I loved computers as a kid. The adults and systems around me were capricious but computers had reproducible behavior.
- smackeyacky 5mo agoThis is interesting. I became enamoured of computers in the 8 bit age because those blinking cursors seemed to offer endless possibilities. I don’t think I ever looked at one as obedient, more a willing but strict companion. In a lot of ways the LLM era seems like a culmination of that illusion.