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Comment author: lessdazed 28 August 2011 05:21:06AM 1 point [-]

Welcome!

The Outcome Pump resets the universe whenever a set period of time passes without an "Accept Outcome" button being pressed to prevent the reset.

So no more problem if it kills you! But what if it kills you and destroys itself in the process?

Comment author: nshepperd 28 August 2011 07:32:51AM 1 point [-]

Or more mundanely, if it achieves a button-press by other means, such as causing a building to collapse on you, with a brick landing on the button.

Comment author: quinsie 28 August 2011 06:01:39AM 1 point [-]

The answer to that depends on how the time machine inside works. If it's based on a "reset unless a message from the future is received saying not to" sort of deal, then you're fine. Otherwise, you die. And neither situation has an analoge in the related AI design.