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Why computers can't help

Why computers can't help

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Why computers can't help

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- Why can't we just have a computer that will tell us the ideal job. Just put my personality into a computer and it'll tell me the perfect job for me. Cause I've thought about making one, and I think it is what the world needs. But, there's a reason why nothing exists. And the first thing is that, the computer won't know everything about you. So for example, I put myself into a computer and it told me to join the army. And I do have certain personality traits that would make me quite suitable for the army but I also have one fatal flaw, which is that I'm terrible at discipline. I'm terrible at doing what I'm told, in fact, I hate being told what to do. And therefore I would be hopeless in the army, the discipline side of thing rules me out and then computer didn't ask about that. So you might say well, let's add discipline onto the list. But how many other things do you have to add on to the list before you know enough…

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