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They're really not programmable computers! (Bad mental model is bad.)

But yes the current commercial ones are somewhat controllable, much of the time.





Obviously not, computers are the true programmable computers. But I'd still think it's accurate to say they're like programmable computers that are sometimes inaccurate, for most intents and purposes it's a fine mental model unless you really wanna get into the weeds.



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