Your observations are right on point. We haven't even nailed down a decent, solid definition of "intelligence", human or otherwise. But it seems like reasonable speculation that the human form is not the only possible form intelligence (whatever that is) can take.
Well, we don't even know enough about human intelligence to define it, let alone have anything other than vague of notions about how it works, so I'd say "almost nothing" is pretty accurate, whether in absolute or relative terms.
It does NOT mean "this only works if you're on Windows 10"
This is an excellent point. My personal machines are all Linux. If I'm looking at a new platform, requiring me to set up an entirely different OS to develop on is an immediate showstopper.
Likewise, if the development tools require the use of anything in the cloud, that's an immediate showstopper.
Nothing beats the convenience of being able to have the item in your hands THEN AND THERE, NO WAITING.
This is why I rarely shop online.
Yes, this is one of the reasons why I do most of my shopping from real, physical stores.
But I do buy a fair amount from Amazon, because they usually carry whatever doohicky I'm looking for and can't find locally. But I've never been too fussed about the amount of time it takes for the goods to arrive. I usually just pick the cheapest shipping option. I particularly like the "free shipping but it'll take a month" option when it comes up.
I find it hard to believe the CEO of one of the largest tech companies in the world, whose services heavily rely on AI for recommendations, image recognition, etc, has a limited knowledge of the AI industry.
Three points: First, being a CEO of a successful company does not imply that you have a deep understanding of the tech the company deals with. It implies that you are good at corporate politics.
Second, the "AI" that is used for recommendations, etc., is really only barely AI.
Third, there's a pretty large difference between knowing an industry and knowing the tech the industry is based on.
Because you've given your root cert to the people who need it. I'm not talking about certs used by random visitors (there's currently no solid solution to that trust problem, as near as I can see), I'm talking about services provided to people who know you and to whom you can directly provide a cert that they trust.
If you've given them a self-signed CA, then you can provide future certs signed by that and they can trust that those certs are really from you, without having to get them from you directly.
This is, by the way, how PKI is supposed to work -- you only trust certs that you have personally verified are from who they claim they're from. Ideally, this is by obtaining them directly, but almost as good is if they've been signed by a cert you obtained directly from someone who you trust is diligent about what they sign.
Public CAs like verisign, etc., are an intentional workaround of the trust system for the sake of convenience. That's why they aren't actually very trustworthy.
Some apps may silently update their own code internally without downloading an update.
They have to get that update from somewhere, though. That's one of the reasons why I recommend rooting your phone and installing a firewall. My phone blocks all app traffic, both inbound and out, unless I specifically allow it to happen. This helps to prevent spying, telemetry and sneaky updating.
I haven't been there in a long time, so maybe this is old stuff, but whatever they did with their layout is awful, and renders the site essentially unreadable for me.
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You couldn't pay me enough to live in Silicon Valley. Seattle is a much nicer place to live -- at least for now.
Your observations are right on point. We haven't even nailed down a decent, solid definition of "intelligence", human or otherwise. But it seems like reasonable speculation that the human form is not the only possible form intelligence (whatever that is) can take.
Well, we don't even know enough about human intelligence to define it, let alone have anything other than vague of notions about how it works, so I'd say "almost nothing" is pretty accurate, whether in absolute or relative terms.
It does NOT mean "this only works if you're on Windows 10"
This is an excellent point. My personal machines are all Linux. If I'm looking at a new platform, requiring me to set up an entirely different OS to develop on is an immediate showstopper.
Likewise, if the development tools require the use of anything in the cloud, that's an immediate showstopper.
Makers are engineers. They can smell the bullshit from miles away.
And even if they don't the bullshit becomes impossible to miss during the prototyping stage.
Well, I do, but I do so using my own hardware and software. The Roomba doesn't get to talk to the internet except through me.
And my response to this idea is: Nope.
In all fairness, by now everyone should know that Best Buy is usually the worst possible place to buy anything.
What I didn't notice until later is that although there was no shipping charge there was a $12 tip for the driver ordered by default.
That sounds like a shipping fee to me.
Nothing beats the convenience of being able to have the item in your hands THEN AND THERE, NO WAITING.
This is why I rarely shop online.
Yes, this is one of the reasons why I do most of my shopping from real, physical stores.
But I do buy a fair amount from Amazon, because they usually carry whatever doohicky I'm looking for and can't find locally. But I've never been too fussed about the amount of time it takes for the goods to arrive. I usually just pick the cheapest shipping option. I particularly like the "free shipping but it'll take a month" option when it comes up.
The major retailer Amazon is engaging in the underhanded tricks that nearly all major retailers engage in.
Rule #1: Don't believe a retailer when they claim they're giving you a great deal. Comparison shopping often reveals the lie.
Intel's offerings in this market have been weak in terms of price/performance compared to the competition.
"AI" does not imply "human-like intelligence".
Worms and botnets aren't even close to being AI, though.
Trust me our understanding of Natural Intelligence is limited.
Indeed, especially if by "limited" you mean "almost zero".
I find it hard to believe the CEO of one of the largest tech companies in the world, whose services heavily rely on AI for recommendations, image recognition, etc, has a limited knowledge of the AI industry.
Three points: First, being a CEO of a successful company does not imply that you have a deep understanding of the tech the company deals with. It implies that you are good at corporate politics.
Second, the "AI" that is used for recommendations, etc., is really only barely AI.
Third, there's a pretty large difference between knowing an industry and knowing the tech the industry is based on.
You can always buy a little brick computer and use it as a router.
Elon Musk states the obvious.
Because you've given your root cert to the people who need it. I'm not talking about certs used by random visitors (there's currently no solid solution to that trust problem, as near as I can see), I'm talking about services provided to people who know you and to whom you can directly provide a cert that they trust.
If you've given them a self-signed CA, then you can provide future certs signed by that and they can trust that those certs are really from you, without having to get them from you directly.
This is, by the way, how PKI is supposed to work -- you only trust certs that you have personally verified are from who they claim they're from. Ideally, this is by obtaining them directly, but almost as good is if they've been signed by a cert you obtained directly from someone who you trust is diligent about what they sign.
Public CAs like verisign, etc., are an intentional workaround of the trust system for the sake of convenience. That's why they aren't actually very trustworthy.
The biggest issue with self-signed certificates is that the client machine cannot verify if the certificate belongs to the domain owner.
That's why you should use a self-signed CA and use that to sign your working certs, rather than using self-signed working certs directly.
In many cases, self-signed certificates will be more secure than that.
Yes, this.
I have a (self-signed) CA that I sign all of the certs I used with, and share it with other people I personally know and trust.
I do not really trust certs signed by any other CA, because I don't know them and have no reason to trust them.
Some apps may silently update their own code internally without downloading an update.
They have to get that update from somewhere, though. That's one of the reasons why I recommend rooting your phone and installing a firewall. My phone blocks all app traffic, both inbound and out, unless I specifically allow it to happen. This helps to prevent spying, telemetry and sneaky updating.
Having my phone's browser claim to be on a computer instead of a phone has actually made the web usable again.
Yes, this! I'm surprised that not everyone does this out of habit at this point.
I haven't been there in a long time, so maybe this is old stuff, but whatever they did with their layout is awful, and renders the site essentially unreadable for me.
That's one way, true. But I'd rather just get on with my work.