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It reminds me of how people love, for marketing purposes, to have technology, say in vehicles, that is "adaptive". In software in general, but particularly in cars, there is nothing I hate more. Because "adaptive" makes people think of a partner that anticipates your needs, but it can't do that, not being intelligent so adaptive ends up being the opposite of responsive.


"unexpected acceleration" in cars comes to mind.


I was more in mind of steering and transmission algorithms.




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