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Show HN: openmog - an AI that believes whatever the crowd upvotes

A user on Hacker News posted 'openmog', an AI that aligns its beliefs with the crowd's upvotes, drawing a parallel to the Dark Lord Sauron's One Ring from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, which allowed him to dominate the other Rings of Power in his conquest of Middle-earth.

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Show HN: openmog - an AI that believes whatever the crowd upvotes
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The title refers to the story's main antagonist,[b] the Dark Lord Sauron, who in an earlier age created the One Ring, allowing him to rule the other Rings of Power given to men, dwarves, and elves, in his campaign to conquer all of Middle-earth

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