[anavat]

It is simple. Continuing your metaphor, I have a choice of getting exactly where I want on a camel in 3 days, or getting to a random location somewhere on the other side of the desert on a helicopter in few hours.

And being a reasonable person I, just like the author, choose the helicopter. That's it, that's the whole problem.

[satvikpendem]

Why is that the reasonable choice if it doesn't get you to your destination?

I too did a lot of AI coding but when I saw the spaghetti it made, I went back to regular coding, with ask mode not agent mode as a search engine.

[anavat]

Because of compound efficiency and technological enablement.

Or, risking to beat the metaphor to death, because over a span of time I'll cross many more deserts than I would have on a camel, and because I'll cross deserts that I wouldn't even try crossing on a camel.

[amelius]

Because taking a rental camel from the airport is faster.

[augment_me]

You did something smart and efficinently using the least amount of energy and time needed. +1 for consciousness being a mistake

[nottorp]

Helicopters are deterministic though :)