When you cross the Turing Rubicon, you often don't notice.

· Bits and Bobs 9/2/25
  • When you cross the Turing Rubicon, you often don't notice.
    • The Turing Rubicon is when a system goes from close-ended to open-ended.
    • It's easy to make something accidentally turing-complete without realizing it.
    • Once you do, you're exposed to the power and peril of an open-ended system.
    • For example, you now have to worry about the halting problem.
    • When you pass a critical point is often an infinite difference, but something that doesn't feel like anything at all in the moment.

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