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;Additional question from [[User:NickDupree|NickDupree]]:
:'''6.''' A bot evidently becomes sentient and starts destroying key page(s) in a wanton rampage. However, the page(s) depend on said bot to continue updating and functioning, putting you between a rock and a hard place. How would you resolve this apparent Catch 22?
::'''A:''' Gosh darn it, I ''told'' [[Watson (computer)|Watson]] not to go on that blind date with [[Neuromancer|Wintermute]]! "Nothing good will come of hooking your circuits up with her," I said, but noooo, these young AIs never listen! <p> In a ''slightly'' more serious vein, though, rogue sentient bots would surely be a problem, but as far as admin powers could help, the only real thing to do here would be to block the bot (assuming there was no emergency stop button, or that the button didn't work). If the bot's destroying, then it's not updating the page(s), nor keeping them functioning, and there's no loss to the encyclopedia by stopping the destruction, especially if we can then dispatch some community troops to clean up the mess and/or do what the bot ''should'' have been doing. Block the bot, make sure it doesn't have access to the [[Eureka_(TV_series)#Recurring_cast|essential systems of my house]] or to [[Terminator (franchise)|killer robots from the future]], and set about cleaning up the mess.</p>
;Additional, optional questions from [[User:Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry|Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry]]:
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