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Old 02-07-2018, 02:02 AM   #26
vicky_molokh
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Default Re: Is TS optimistic or pessimistic?

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Originally Posted by jeff_wilson View Post
Not entirely; a SAI or LAI built with misfeatures still has to pass inspection before being confirmed and entered into the Xox registries, etc. Retrofiture to eliminate checks and balances typically causes curious gaps in functionality that a SAI is not supposed to have. LAIs already have limitations on their sapient behaviors, thus the acronym, so the change in user experience is a matter of degree rather than kind.
If you're referring to the description of black market AIs, I don't recall them stating anything like in the above paragraph. Or are you perhaps pointing at something else?
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