I really like his Bureau of Sabotage short stories. Premised upon government having become too efficient and steamrolling the rights and needs of the common person for the greater good. The Bureau was tasked with implementing speed bumps or eliminations at an inflection point that would cause the least damage to society
clay If they keep feeding you Kool Aid, you begin to think it is the only beverage available > On Nov 4, 2021, at 2:43 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Frank Herbert was ahead of his time with that. > > I'm not a "believer" in computers or AI -- which is really a fast computer > and an ever-growing lookup table programmed to pattern match. No > intelligence implied or intended, and it can go VERY wrong. Facial > recognition and self driving vehicles are a case in point. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
