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It's like "scientific communism" in USSR, where those types thought if you make science support your policies, science will start working the way you want.
Except in this case similarly dense types think if they make computers "tell" they are right, and tell them what to do when intelligent people say "cuckoo" and leave, then it'll work.
Like that quote about lies, terrible lies and statistics. Statistics too told not what they wanted (when you make up numbers on your own, it kinda works, but with computers you need to have some brains to fake statistics looking nice, and everybody can do it, and it has an advantage in persuasion over just making up numbers, so instead of numbers you need a talking machine).
Honestly many things in this world suck.
Maybe we can start calling it "scientific capitalism".
I think we should let them invent that. It won't be too long. Perhaps "capitalism" won't be the word they'll use.