I understand what you're saying, but I don't think it's the whole explanation either.
I'm in the Apple ecosystem, and I've attempted to use Siri a fair bit. I will ask her non-personal questions along the lines of "what time is the Seahawks game tonight?" * - she will interpret the words correctly but simply respond with "Here's what I found on the web regarding 'what time is the Seahawks game tonight'".
That doesn't seem like a privacy issue, it's more of an "Siri isn't particularly good at determining context" issue. Siri falls back to the "here's what I found on the web" default - which I assume is intentional for any case when context can't be determined - far too often.
* This question was made up for exposition purposes - it's possible Siri might actually handle this specific query better than described
His life was remarkable in many ways - one of which was surviving with ALS for so bloody long.
My dad died from complications of ALS way back in the 1990s. Having seen first-hand how the disease progresses, I marvel at how Hawking managed to live with that disease for so many decades. Yes, they called it "slow onset", but that seems to be mostly a hand-waving attempt at explaining a disease they still don't really understand. Even with support devices like a respirator, it's hard for me to wrap my head around it - those things bring with them their own complications.
No, my dogs are restricted to a fenced section of the front yard, which also encompasses the front door. Outside the fence, immediately beside the gate, is a sign "please deliver packages to back door" - UPS and FedEx have had no trouble with this for the past 20 years, only Amazon's indentured servants have demonstrated trouble reading.
However drones would likely have trouble navigating to my back door, and would probably be directed to the front door inside the fenced yard.
But really, this is all about saving money for Jeff Bezos and has nothing to do with perceived threats to delivery people.
I'm pretty sure my dogs are 100% in favor of drone delivery. Over the past several years, I've found dead squirrels, dead possums... even a dead nutria in my yard, thanks to my dogs. I guess dead drones are next. I might need to get the dogs some chainmail gauntlets, though, depending on the size of the drones.
On a side (and more serious) note - if Amazon starts doing this, and doesn't let you opt out (the same way you cannot opt out of their crappy Amazon-branded delivery right now)... I'll likely be bringing these drones down myself. Amazon can come get them - minus their cameras and any on-board memory chips.
Then its only relationship to a “phone booth” is the rough dimensions. But I suppose that sounds better than calling it a “half closet”.
So this is how companies who’ve stripped away every vestige of privacy from their employees can pretend to give it back, eh? I bet there are cameras monitoring who goes in, and for how long, though.
His company has been aggressively working towards getting humans established on Mars as quickly as possible. When that happens, it would make perfect sense - and is probably essential - that those humans will be accompanied by advanced AI devices to help them stay alive... some of which will probably be robots.
There was a Roman essayist called Hadrianus who observed that the more comfortable peoples' lives are, the more they are compelled to twist minor issues into catastrophes.
I’ve spent most of my adult life working in academia and interacting with faculty, and can say with certainty that Hadrianus was 100% correct.
Given the current president almost exclusively put people in charge of each department who were vocal opponents of the missions of their respective departments, I don’t think this result should be surprising in the least.
Except Ben Carson - I’m not sure he even knew HUD existed prior to 2017. Trump probably just figured he needed a black guy in charge of HUD, given the clientele.
Nothing provokes the typical Slashdotter's rage quite like the transition into - and out of - Daylight Saving Time.
BTW what exactly does that whole "Maine sunset versus Detroit sunset" have to do with any of this? In any of these solutions - including the wacky ones - there will be far-apart locations with vastly differing sunset times.
So the submitter is apparently extremely distressed regarding what goes on in internet discussion threads, both on phys.org and on Slashdot (based on his extremely long comment further up), for some reason.
My advice is - don’t get so worked up over what people say on the internet.
So the only implication one can possibly derive from this new plan is that tunneling is either easier or cheaper than originally thought (probably both).
No, another easily-drawn inference is that he’s discovered that a giant infrastructure project requiring vast swaths of underground right-of-way with the sole aim of benefiting a tiny number of well-off people was a political non-starter, but his ego won’t easily allow him to let it simply die.
This pivot on his part just turns this into another spin on subways and light rail - just replace “pod” with “car” - in which case he needs to explain why he thinks this would be better than established designs. On the face of it, the only benefit is in terms of vendor lock-in to his single-source company. The claim that current systems can only have a few, far-apart stations is silly.
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I understand what you're saying, but I don't think it's the whole explanation either.
I'm in the Apple ecosystem, and I've attempted to use Siri a fair bit. I will ask her non-personal questions along the lines of "what time is the Seahawks game tonight?" * - she will interpret the words correctly but simply respond with "Here's what I found on the web regarding 'what time is the Seahawks game tonight'".
That doesn't seem like a privacy issue, it's more of an "Siri isn't particularly good at determining context" issue. Siri falls back to the "here's what I found on the web" default - which I assume is intentional for any case when context can't be determined - far too often.
* This question was made up for exposition purposes - it's possible Siri might actually handle this specific query better than described
But I suspect even this "bad press" contains a fair bit of spin. It's hard to write off Siri's lack of skill as simply being due to poor scalability.
Not that I'm all that impressed with Siri's competition, mind you - they're all underwhelming. But Siri is definitely in third place.
His life was remarkable in many ways - one of which was surviving with ALS for so bloody long.
My dad died from complications of ALS way back in the 1990s. Having seen first-hand how the disease progresses, I marvel at how Hawking managed to live with that disease for so many decades. Yes, they called it "slow onset", but that seems to be mostly a hand-waving attempt at explaining a disease they still don't really understand. Even with support devices like a respirator, it's hard for me to wrap my head around it - those things bring with them their own complications.
Godspeed, Dr. Hawking.
The University of Alaska - Fairbanks does predict high auroral activity the night of the 18th.
So, depending on where you live, you might get to see some aurora that night - but nothing like the "news" going around the web.
That’s wonderful!
You're missing the point.
The point is - they came up with really cool names for each exploit.
Eagles can’t be easily retrofitted with rocket launchers.
No, my dogs are restricted to a fenced section of the front yard, which also encompasses the front door. Outside the fence, immediately beside the gate, is a sign "please deliver packages to back door" - UPS and FedEx have had no trouble with this for the past 20 years, only Amazon's indentured servants have demonstrated trouble reading.
However drones would likely have trouble navigating to my back door, and would probably be directed to the front door inside the fenced yard.
But really, this is all about saving money for Jeff Bezos and has nothing to do with perceived threats to delivery people.
I'm pretty sure my dogs are 100% in favor of drone delivery. Over the past several years, I've found dead squirrels, dead possums... even a dead nutria in my yard, thanks to my dogs. I guess dead drones are next. I might need to get the dogs some chainmail gauntlets, though, depending on the size of the drones.
On a side (and more serious) note - if Amazon starts doing this, and doesn't let you opt out (the same way you cannot opt out of their crappy Amazon-branded delivery right now)... I'll likely be bringing these drones down myself. Amazon can come get them - minus their cameras and any on-board memory chips.
Then its only relationship to a “phone booth” is the rough dimensions. But I suppose that sounds better than calling it a “half closet”.
So this is how companies who’ve stripped away every vestige of privacy from their employees can pretend to give it back, eh? I bet there are cameras monitoring who goes in, and for how long, though.
For a moment I thought the headline read “Report Says Radioactive Monsters Failed at Nuclear Plant”.
e.g. what are the specific risks?
I think I know what Elon's specific fear is here.
His company has been aggressively working towards getting humans established on Mars as quickly as possible. When that happens, it would make perfect sense - and is probably essential - that those humans will be accompanied by advanced AI devices to help them stay alive... some of which will probably be robots.
Elon's worry is that, without regulation, those robots will decide to kill their human masters and - badabang, badaboom, we've given them their own planet. And once that happens, this nightmare scenario is inevitable - it's only a matter of time.
Of humanity being wiped out entirely and in so many different ways. No generation before us lived with that fear...
You must be young, given you believe that.
Musk did not build the first electric car. He was not the first person to launch satellites to LEO either.
He most assuredly was the first person to launch a roadster into space, though!
There was a Roman essayist called Hadrianus who observed that the more comfortable peoples' lives are, the more they are compelled to twist minor issues into catastrophes.
I’ve spent most of my adult life working in academia and interacting with faculty, and can say with certainty that Hadrianus was 100% correct.
Both are right.
Given the current president almost exclusively put people in charge of each department who were vocal opponents of the missions of their respective departments, I don’t think this result should be surprising in the least.
Except Ben Carson - I’m not sure he even knew HUD existed prior to 2017. Trump probably just figured he needed a black guy in charge of HUD, given the clientele.
Maybe our Norwegian friends might stop by...
Nothing provokes the typical Slashdotter's rage quite like the transition into - and out of - Daylight Saving Time.
BTW what exactly does that whole "Maine sunset versus Detroit sunset" have to do with any of this? In any of these solutions - including the wacky ones - there will be far-apart locations with vastly differing sunset times.
I think you’d be hard-pressed to find a server room populated with laptops, however.
So the submitter is apparently extremely distressed regarding what goes on in internet discussion threads, both on phys.org and on Slashdot (based on his extremely long comment further up), for some reason.
My advice is - don’t get so worked up over what people say on the internet.
Google is notorious for its lack of an attention sp- LOOK A SQUIRREL!
So the only implication one can possibly derive from this new plan is that tunneling is either easier or cheaper than originally thought (probably both).
No, another easily-drawn inference is that he’s discovered that a giant infrastructure project requiring vast swaths of underground right-of-way with the sole aim of benefiting a tiny number of well-off people was a political non-starter, but his ego won’t easily allow him to let it simply die.
This pivot on his part just turns this into another spin on subways and light rail - just replace “pod” with “car” - in which case he needs to explain why he thinks this would be better than established designs. On the face of it, the only benefit is in terms of vendor lock-in to his single-source company. The claim that current systems can only have a few, far-apart stations is silly.
“It looks like you’re making a burger!”
... or if the cow jumps on the grill voluntarily.
I would definitely go to that restaurant!