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Comment author: Bayeslisk 14 February 2014 10:01:30AM 0 points [-]

These are both pretty much exactly what I'm thinking of! The feeling that someone (or you!) is/are a terrifyingly predictable black box.

Comment author: DanielLC 16 February 2014 07:24:23AM *  0 points [-]

My goal in life is to become someone so predictable that you can figure out what I'll do just by calculating what choice would maximize utility.

Comment author: Bayeslisk 17 February 2014 02:55:00AM 0 points [-]

That seems eminently exploitable and consequently extremely dangerous. Safety and unexpected delight lie in unpredictability.

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