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		_Algernon_ 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AI is creating a generation of illiterate programm... Tangent: I remember hearing of a sci-fi story where a city has been automated for generations and stuff is starting to fall apart while nobody knows how to fix it. Does anyone know what the name is? I have been unable to find it for a while.

ThrowawayR2 10 months ago | [–]

Perhaps you're thinking of Forster's "The Machine Stops"? There's been plenty of submissions to HN in the past, with links to the story text, and user comments: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

_Algernon_ 10 months ago | | [–]

This may be it. Thanks!

xena 10 months ago | [–]

Blame! https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/Blame

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