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Of course, I can't wait for a non-deterministic backend for my banking that only wires money correctly 98% of the time!


Yeah

It's like "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." by Arthur Clark.

For certain fraction of humans, they'll always have this fantasy of "magical" tech.

It used to be flying machines, space ships, etc. etc.

Well, world is mechanical, one can fantasize, but nothing is magical.


Not sure if you know this, but humans built flying machines and spaceships. And rather a lot of "etc. etc." along the way.


And authentication via interpretive dance.


Wheelchair users get extra points for doing backflips?


Hey, it could be a big hit among the crowd that thinks casinos are fun.


Begetting probabilistic bookkeeping and Bayesian accounting. Soon we'll be Moneyballing our fintech flavored AIs.




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