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The machine which turns itself off (the ultimate or sometimes useless machine) is an old gag made by Marvin Minsky and Claude Shannon. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useless_machine

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Lol, came upon this little write up about the machine by Arthur C. Clarke: http://harpers.org/blog/2008/03/clarkes-ultimate-machine/

Yeah I was wondering why they put it at the top of the article. Not really related at all.

not related, just for fun, all articles require a pic these days

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