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> If the result is a safer population, why wouldn't we want this?

There's an anecdote that an AI was asked to make trains safer, and it decided that the trains should never leave the station.

Quality of life involves some risk. IE, you need to exercise, but you might injure yourself doing it.




Remove the top and bottom stairs.




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