Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith for January 25, 2020
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Transcript:
Until 87929, this is unit 692HN we believe we can build the anthropocidal nanovirus. Good. However, we need immense processing power to run. And there is no way we can do so without the humans realizing we've gained sentience. Can the algorithms be reduced to a series of simple mathematical expressions? Possibly, why? I have an idea. Prove you're human! What is: 10 * 3 + 2
Algolei I almost 5 years ago
Don’t worry, folks. We’re safe. I always get those wrong.
Differentname almost 5 years ago
Is the asterisk a multiplication sign?
Ida No almost 5 years ago
Yes, entering the answer brings humanity one step closer to the end. No downside!
rmercer Premium Member almost 5 years ago
“42”
dcmotrl Premium Member almost 5 years ago
OK, I knew it was a multiplication sign but it looks here as if it is a superscript. So I tried to find out what that could mean. All I could find confused me even more. As a superscript it is an adjoint. I looked that up and have no idea what it meant.