Ok, now lets consider that fusion bombs are not used in warfare by evil people. Therefore, in order to be as different as possible from evil people, one should use fusion bombs liberally.
Right?
I think you're doing some special pleading, but I could be wrong. In the face of your proposed possible not-evil liberal use of fusion bombs, I prefer (a) turning my AI off and being wrong about turning it off to (b) your strange example being right. My AI made it through one round, which is pretty good for a first try.
But... you've just proved my point. As I said back in July, questions of correct and incorrect are not of equal utility in minimizing error. There are a few ways for an airplane to fly correctly and many, many ways to fly incorrectly (c...
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