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  1. Fear. Big fear. on AI Is Being Used To Predict Gambling Behavior (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    And this is why we should fear Facebook, Google, and all the other data aggregators. I'm not overly concerned about obvious manipulation like a beautiful woman selling beer, but what about the subtle mind hacking which I may not even know about, targeted at me specifically? We've seen in the recent US election how those techniques are already being developed.

  2. Re:This is an old scam on China is Now Monitoring Employees' Brainwaves and Emotions (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    That's a relatively newer scam.

  3. This is an old scam on China is Now Monitoring Employees' Brainwaves and Emotions (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    This scam is as old as the hills. It's easy to get the government to buy a bunch of garbage, here in the USA they sell airport security machines and "lie detectors"

  4. One company using the brain-monitoring tech says profits have increased by $315 million since rolling it out way back in 2014.

    This company makes and sells brain-monitoring equipment.

  5. Outsourcing on Fake Mark Zuckerbergs Scam Facebook Users Out of Their Cash (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    With this and similar articles coming out all the time ("we found X and reported it to Facebook, who then deleted X"), it seems Facebook has figured out the value in outsourcing its audits. For free even. Zuckerberg's "AI" is here a decade early.

  6. Re:Unsurprising on The Smartphone Sales Slowdown is Real (axios.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is just a normal phase in the lifecycle of any product. Eventually the product is good enough for the standard uses and there is no real gain in buying a new one when you don't have to. Same thing already happened to PCs. Until someone figures out a whole new use for them, sales will lag. Good managers should have a plan in place for this predictable phase.

  7. Korea switched from Chinese character to their own writing system, Hangul, in early twentieth century. before 1920 I think but look that up for yourself before quoting it.

  8. Re:Click-bait title? on Suspicious Event Hijacks Amazon Traffic For 2 hours, Steals Cryptocurrency (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    That's like saying Word for Windows has security because users aren't supposed to enable malicious macros.

  9. Re: Huh? on Are Widescreen Laptops Dumb? (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    What if you printed the entire book on one long piece of paper, then just rolled it up? Maybe using two sticks or dowels. An individual reader could then "unscroll" ,if you will, as much of the book at one time as he or she likes. This would get rid of the need to flip pages and would fit on standard bookshelves.

  10. Re:Still more lying headlines on Net Neutrality Is Over Monday, But Experts Say ISPs Will Wait To Screw Us (inverse.com) · · Score: 1

    OK OK my bad. Missed the other one, didn't scroll down far enough, probably since I have the wrong screen aspect ratio.

  11. Huh? on Are Widescreen Laptops Dumb? (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You wind up spending more time scrolling through content than engaging with it.

    Engaging with content? That sounds awful, no thanks Farmville. I'll stick with scrolling through as I read it.

  12. Re:It's already started on Net Neutrality Is Over Monday, But Experts Say ISPs Will Wait To Screw Us (inverse.com) · · Score: 2

    As I understand it, Netflix was working with Comcast to put servers directly on Comcast's network, making it even less of a net neutrality violation. It's not news that wealthier websites/services can afford faster service, better connections, more servers, better CDNs, etc.

  13. Still more lying headlines on Net Neutrality Is Over Monday, But Experts Say ISPs Will Wait To Screw Us (inverse.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    Merckens specializes in JavaScript development for government and business

    That is the only person quoted in the article, and that quote is the only thing establishing his "expert" status. Unclear how that translates to "expert in what ISPs will or will not do".

  14. Re:Is there some real science behind it? on AI Helps Grow 6 Billion Roaches at China's Largest Breeding Site (cnet.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    There is a lot of research into various aspects of cockroaches, such as their resistance to bacterial infection, but eating them probably isn't going to confer those sorts of benefits. The "potion" mentioned is Kangfu Xinye and gets a lot of press as snake oil, although people who swear by traditional Chinese medicine will deny that. The Journal of Emergency in Traditional Chinese Medicine has a lot of studies on it, I leave it to the reader to decide if these are valid studies or not.

  15. Re:Salaries are not profits on AI Researchers Are Making More Than $1 Million, Even at a Nonprofit (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    It is probably a 'not for profit' which is a bit different.

  16. Re:Mark the street as "No Thru Traffic" on LA Councilman Asks City Attorney To 'Review Possible Legal Action' Against Waze (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I am surprised they aren't doing something like this then aggressively tax farming the traffic by issuing citations.

  17. Re:Here's an idea... on Finland Is Killing Its Basic Income Experiment (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    If robots take over production, there is no need for any UBI. Production costs would be so low that working only a few hours a month would be more than sufficient. They aren't going to replace all the workers with robots so they can produce stuff no one can afford to buy.

  18. Between the lines on Marissa Mayer is Back (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    focus on consumer media and artificial intelligence

    I interpret this to mean they will be producing fake celebrity porn.

  19. Re:Here's an idea... on Finland Is Killing Its Basic Income Experiment (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Think of it as a tax so the pitchforks don't come for you and other smart-alecs.

    That's protection money, not a tax. Or maybe they are the same thing.

  20. Seems to be a false dichotomy there, as most banks are private corporations.

  21. Re:And robots at home on Scientists Create Robots That Can Assemble IKEA Furniture For You (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    That's a massive retraining effort, business owners will probably try to avoid the expense by developing an assembly robot to assemble the robot assembly robots...OK unsubscribe

  22. Due to limited resources for intake, analysis, correlation of information, EVERYONE lives in a bubble. If it was possible for one person to know and understand everything, we would elect that person king of the world.

  23. Re:An honest bloke! on German ICO Savedroid Pulls Exit Scam After Raising $50 Million (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    The ultimate honesty was the founder of PonziCoin. Even with that name and openly admitting it, they still got takers.

  24. Re:Well managed? on German ICO Savedroid Pulls Exit Scam After Raising $50 Million (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I am heavily invested in lottery tickets, but now I'm worried. I should have checked to see if they have an office somewhere.

  25. Everything old is new again. It's pretty much the same sort of thing that happened in the early days of modern joint stock companies in UK and the Netherlands. I read about one case in those days, the company ran an ad saying they wanted investors for an enterprise they could not name or describe due to fear of competitors. There was such a rage back then they got people off the street handing them cash.