Point of No Return — Automation is a good-news, bad-news deal

Point of No Return — Automation is a good-news, bad-news deal

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Point of No Return

ViewPoint The “infinite monkey theorem” suggests that a monkey randomly striking keys on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will, at some point, produce a given text — such as the complete works of William Shakespeare or a cover-to-cover redux of “War and Peace.” I’m familiar with this theorem, at least partially, because it keeps me aware that I can be easily replaced at any given time by a caffeine-fueled, talented monkey. Or a talent-less monkey. Or, really, a house plant.None of us particularly like the feeling […]

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