> They are closer to being deterministic machines that comply exactly with your instructions, for better or worse, than they are to magical pixies that guess what you must’ve actually meant.
If those are your only two reference points, yes they're closer to the former.
But the biggest problem is how much "pixie that does something you neither wanted nor asked for" gets mixed in. And I think a lot of the complaints you're saying are about lack of mind reading are actually about that problem instead.
If those are your only two reference points, yes they're closer to the former.
But the biggest problem is how much "pixie that does something you neither wanted nor asked for" gets mixed in. And I think a lot of the complaints you're saying are about lack of mind reading are actually about that problem instead.