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The opposite. I did know what success would look like, and it contradicted certain details of what failure would have entailed, like the...

As I just said, it's a common meme. But if I'm not using some random determination then it's even more up to the GM, group expectations...

There are errors humans make that are interpreted as signs of more general failings. E.g., if an engineer deleted your database by...

Indeed, so we should rationally use the system that lessens the overall damage. However, I think perception will prevent that. If at...

This was also discussed a month ago:

Most people, I think, would either go "huh?" or "okay...?" because I don't think most people care all that much about whether the game...

Ironically I think exactly the same thing. But in my reading the problem is people treating it like a human and judging errors as they...

Yep. They were brought up and the flaws were pointed out then, too. More noise is made by a successful check than a failed one, and...

This sounds like a normal good game to me.

Cars are a good example. When AI performs poorly at something we find easy, like not stopping forever because someone put a cone on top...

My trust of humans, who connected something it was testing to a production database, eroded to the point that humans shouldn't really be...

and some of us believe that those implied servants ought to exist in a more defined state than just being an in-potentia obstacle to be...

Oh no. This point was also mentioned by @pemerton and @hawkeyefan a month or two ago. I won't type anything out again. Just a selection...

As such, this boils down to the ages old words of wisdom: Never give the GM a good idea?

Has the cook's existence been established prior to the roll for case (2)? If not, I find it nonsensical. In the worst case, this kind...