Brickman starts with a simple example that says much of what you need to know about how the legal profession works in this country.

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Previously, we looked at exactly how this could work, with an example of a very simple 100% reserve, bullion warehouse receipt-type system, hypothetically applied to Belize.

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The early CloudCar example runs on a very simple interface with options like Google Maps navigation, media playback and Google contacts on the left.

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The example we saw was a simple radio with a a pair of dials and a speaker, and when the iPad's camera was pointed at it, a circular interface along with a menu system popped up that cannily tracked the radio.

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Instead, it's typically a more prosaic end: humanity wiped out because an AI tasked with a simple goal (say, creating paper clips, an example that is often used) requisitions all the energy and raw materials on Earth to relentlessly churn out paper clips, outsmarting and out-maneuvering all human attempts to stop it.

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To take a simple example, a blanket may be duplicated by anyone with sewing skills.

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Using an example from the Bible, he said: "Faced with what looks like a simple challenge about whether you pay taxes to the Roman Emperor or not, he famously shrugs it off, saying, "Give Caesar what belongs to Caesar and give God what belongs to God.

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Consider a simple example: In a recent study at Harvard University, volunteers were seated at a table with a plate of potato chips directly in front of them and another food tucked away unobtrusively in the corner of the room.

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