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Comment · 8 years ago
There's a simple and very obvious solution to this - just don't do any treatment you deem unnecessary or excessive.

Treat anything unambiguously threatening, and just keep an eye on anything else.

Comment · 8 years ago
Android did, but Whatsapp simply refuses to work if you deny contacts.
Comment · 8 years ago
If you mean it would be dangerous in that it can improve itself beyond our ability to understand, contain, or mitigate it, then possibly.

If you're scared of it copying itself and then having multiple existing copies at once, then not necessarily. In that case it would be competing with itself for computing power and bandwidth. Look what happened when bitcoin forked - it lost a bunch of silicon time.

(Cue conspiracies about Bitcoin actually being a hugely powerful general AI disguising itself as cryptocurrency...)

Comment · 8 years ago
I'm consistently amazed at how doctors aren't required - at least in Australia - to talk about side effects or withdrawal symptoms when prescribing medication. I'm capable of googling things, but it shocks me how none of this has ever been discussed with me when getting medication. Pharmacists will ask you questions to determine any contraindications, but I've never been spoken to about withdrawal or side effects. Half the time people find out about them by experiencing them.
Comment · 8 years ago
Unfortunately on Android you have no choice.
Comment · 8 years ago
I would pay money for this as an Android Live Wallpaper, especially if you could choose your own image to go behind the rain!

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