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When the machines started to master our language, we began asking them to perform various tasks. Thanks to social media and advertising, they already had mountains of data and knew everything about us. So we figured, why not ask them to design the perfect long holiday - explicitly tailored for our tastes and budget?

We were expecting fancy drinks with little umbrellas and sandy beaches. Instead, the algorithms planned endurance mystery adventures that read more like a Shackelton Antarctic Expedition than a vacation.

Use the comments to complete the following, “I love those moments; I like to ____.”

A photo of a large sculpture dedicated to the design of the perfect vacation, crafted by long now foundation

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