Well, it would’ve involved a predictable side-effect of the answer causing a researcher to break off their relationship with their SO whereupon the Oracle moves heaven and Earth to get them back together again, to make it look less like an intended use-case, but basically the same point.
If you had infinite time to spare I imagine the makings of a plot in there for one of your educational/entertaining fiction works! The epic journey of a protagonist with no intrinsic lust for power but who in the course of completing his quest (undo the breakup he caused) is forced to develop capabilities beyond imagining. A coming of age comparable in nature and scope to a David Eddings-like transition from a peasant boy to effectively a demigod. Quite possibility the ability to literally move the heavens and write his (or the broken up couple’s) names with the stars on a whim (or as just the gesture of affection needed to bring the star-uncrossed lovers back together).
Of course it would have to have an unhappy ending if the right moral were to be conveyed to the reader. The message “Don’t do that, fools! You’ll destroy us all! Creating a safe oracle requires most of the areas of research as creating a complete FAI and has the same consequences if you err!” needs to be clear.
If you had infinite time to spare I imagine the makings of a plot in there for one of your educational/entertaining fiction works! The epic journey of a protagonist with no intrinsic lust for power but who in the course of completing his quest (undo the breakup he caused) is forced to develop capabilities beyond imagining. A coming of age comparable in nature and scope to a David Eddings-like transition from a peasant boy to effectively a demigod. Quite possibility the ability to literally move the heavens and write his (or the broken up couple’s) names with the stars on a whim (or as just the gesture of affection needed to bring the star-uncrossed lovers back together).
Of course it would have to have an unhappy ending if the right moral were to be conveyed to the reader. The message “Don’t do that, fools! You’ll destroy us all! Creating a safe oracle requires most of the areas of research as creating a complete FAI and has the same consequences if you err!” needs to be clear.