Imagination? Maybe it figures out it needs some humans around to service it, to run the power plants, etc? Or maybe if it's programmed to ensure the survival of humanity as a whole it might decide that sacrificing some individuals is an acceptable price. Get creative.
Quick and dirty example: environmental damage. An AI could determine that humanity's growth and impact on the ecosystem and biosphere is no longer sustainable and therefore the majority of humanity must be culled. In effect it would be killing us to save us...
Millions of subscribers? You have trouble nowadays convincing people that we went to the moon in the first place. Even the worst television series has more views than any (real) space-related stuff.
From the department of redundancy department, located right next to the atm machine. OK I could have written it better, but also I can hide behind what someone else said - technically you can post a selfie of someone else... but yeah, fair point and well caught.
The poster thinks that being knowledgeable about tech is knowing your memes and posting selfies of yourself regularly. I could ask my 20 year old millenial daughters how they think their phones/laptops work if you want an example of "clueless". Being a crack addict does not confer knowledge of plant alkaloids or even botany.
On the other hand people who aren't clueless about tech (and the disturbing direction it's headed in) will voluntarily use as little tech as possible...
Did the number of "users" drop because of the switch in tactics by the police, or did it drop along with the overall drop in crime? And did prostitution really drop at all, or did it just migrate from the street corner to escort services, craigslist and twitter? Not as black and white as you think.
While I only code as a hobby, I started with TRS-80's running BASIC (yeah I was the guy hogging the computers on demo at the Radio Shack near you!), did an official BASIC course at my high school before PC's went mainstream. Then I got into ASM, COBOL, Pascal and C, all self taught. After that I got a life.
But if you think about it languages are just different ways of doing exactly the same thing. If you know how what your code is doing to the machine, then you can program in any language - it's just a case of learning the new syntax. Unfortunately too many people think a language is like some arcane spell where the words have to be said just right or the Computer God gets angry.
Agree 100% with your post. But it will never happen. No one wants to be the prosecutor/judge who put 10,000 people out of work. So we get slaps on the wrist and miniscule fines, and corporations just go on doing what they feel like doing with lipservice to laws that would easily have any one of us in jail serving consecutive sentences.
From TFA: "The 90 minute feature will focus on the real life conflict between Rockstar President Sam Houser and the US lawyer... Jack Thompson."
Surely they mean the disbarred lawyer. He can't practice no mo'. While I agree he still has his JD even if he isn't allowed to use it at all, lawyer usually refers to someone who can actually practice law. It's not a title like say "doctor" is. While plenty of people go around calling themselves Dr. so and so, I don't remember anyone introducing himself as Laywer so and so. It's usually So and so, esquire...
Anyone using a back door is not a good guy in my book. Even if law enforcement thought this was a good idea - there are already established procedures and methods of putting someone in jail. Cops aren't allowed to break into your house when you're not home and search your stuff. Why should they be allowed to use a back door? Unless of course they have something to hide...
No, I have an account with facebook. The only problem is that it's a dog. None of my personal information is there. Only a picture of my dog, and a few stories about my dog. So all the data collected by the account, browsing history, tracking, etc, is all well and good. How the plan to market this however... how old am I? Where do I work? Why do I have a penchant for liking doggy things? Heck, what sex am I? Sure they can probably extrapolate that through my history. But at the end of the day if they want to sell my data, all they can show is that they have data on a dog, who they THINK is actually a person. Now, how much you do say you want to pay for that?
Of course they can always come after me for violating their TOS and close the account. Awww. And if they try any legal action I'm sure my lawyer will explain to them that dogs can't be expected to read and understand a TOS click-through...
Federal Officer: "I smell marijuana, I need to search your car".
Smartass: First let me search your nose officer. Hey come on I was joking put the gun dow BANG BANG BANG...
If you're "invested in stocks" then you are going to take a beating in the next crash. It's the guy who is NOT invested in stocks and gets invested near or at the bottom who gets rich. And of course the rich guy who has cash in reserve who will take a beating on his stock portfolio during the crash, well he's the guy who cashes out his bonds at a premium when everyone moves out of stocks and into the "safety" of bonds, takes the cash, and buys stock at ten cents on the dollar. Rinse, repeat. Always do the opposite of everyone else.
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Imagination? Maybe it figures out it needs some humans around to service it, to run the power plants, etc? Or maybe if it's programmed to ensure the survival of humanity as a whole it might decide that sacrificing some individuals is an acceptable price. Get creative.
Quick and dirty example: environmental damage. An AI could determine that humanity's growth and impact on the ecosystem and biosphere is no longer sustainable and therefore the majority of humanity must be culled. In effect it would be killing us to save us...
Millions of subscribers? You have trouble nowadays convincing people that we went to the moon in the first place. Even the worst television series has more views than any (real) space-related stuff.
Both math, and that limitations are not what stops you.
But a Crown Victoria in the face usually does.
From the department of redundancy department, located right next to the atm machine. OK I could have written it better, but also I can hide behind what someone else said - technically you can post a selfie of someone else... but yeah, fair point and well caught.
The poster thinks that being knowledgeable about tech is knowing your memes and posting selfies of yourself regularly. I could ask my 20 year old millenial daughters how they think their phones/laptops work if you want an example of "clueless". Being a crack addict does not confer knowledge of plant alkaloids or even botany.
On the other hand people who aren't clueless about tech (and the disturbing direction it's headed in) will voluntarily use as little tech as possible...
Did the number of "users" drop because of the switch in tactics by the police, or did it drop along with the overall drop in crime? And did prostitution really drop at all, or did it just migrate from the street corner to escort services, craigslist and twitter? Not as black and white as you think.
While I only code as a hobby, I started with TRS-80's running BASIC (yeah I was the guy hogging the computers on demo at the Radio Shack near you!), did an official BASIC course at my high school before PC's went mainstream. Then I got into ASM, COBOL, Pascal and C, all self taught. After that I got a life.
But if you think about it languages are just different ways of doing exactly the same thing. If you know how what your code is doing to the machine, then you can program in any language - it's just a case of learning the new syntax. Unfortunately too many people think a language is like some arcane spell where the words have to be said just right or the Computer God gets angry.
and how many young people were betrayed by their institutions and communities at the very start of their programming careers.
That knowledge of Pascal will last you a lifetime son.
Remember when they stopped arresting prostitutes and targeted the John's ?
Yes that put a stop to prostitution all right. Er wait, what? What do you mean there's still prostitution?
It's one thing to try to come up with solutions. It's another to come up with solutions that actually work.
Kind of like - the federal reserve?
Agree 100% with your post. But it will never happen. No one wants to be the prosecutor/judge who put 10,000 people out of work. So we get slaps on the wrist and miniscule fines, and corporations just go on doing what they feel like doing with lipservice to laws that would easily have any one of us in jail serving consecutive sentences.
From TFA: "The 90 minute feature will focus on the real life conflict between Rockstar President Sam Houser and the US lawyer ... Jack Thompson."
Surely they mean the disbarred lawyer. He can't practice no mo'. While I agree he still has his JD even if he isn't allowed to use it at all, lawyer usually refers to someone who can actually practice law. It's not a title like say "doctor" is. While plenty of people go around calling themselves Dr. so and so, I don't remember anyone introducing himself as Laywer so and so. It's usually So and so, esquire...
will mean that certain critical vulnerabilities may not be discovered in time, or not reported.
Which, if you think about it, works in Big Brother's favor. Again.
Thank god I mean awwwww, no more crap on my new laptop.
You should see how high on the list anonymous Slashdot posters are. You're being watched, terrorist.
Anyone using a back door is not a good guy in my book. Even if law enforcement thought this was a good idea - there are already established procedures and methods of putting someone in jail. Cops aren't allowed to break into your house when you're not home and search your stuff. Why should they be allowed to use a back door? Unless of course they have something to hide...
No, I have an account with facebook. The only problem is that it's a dog. None of my personal information is there. Only a picture of my dog, and a few stories about my dog. So all the data collected by the account, browsing history, tracking, etc, is all well and good. How the plan to market this however... how old am I? Where do I work? Why do I have a penchant for liking doggy things? Heck, what sex am I? Sure they can probably extrapolate that through my history. But at the end of the day if they want to sell my data, all they can show is that they have data on a dog, who they THINK is actually a person. Now, how much you do say you want to pay for that?
Of course they can always come after me for violating their TOS and close the account. Awww. And if they try any legal action I'm sure my lawyer will explain to them that dogs can't be expected to read and understand a TOS click-through...
I prefer to feed the beast garbage.
Send more money and find out. Seems to be the thing to do.
Federal Officer: "I smell marijuana, I need to search your car". Smartass: First let me search your nose officer. Hey come on I was joking put the gun dow BANG BANG BANG...
Yeah they need to throw that other Chris Roberts in jail instead. Maybe at the next stretch goal.
and the media is complicit in this as well for not doing basic journalist research
Nothing new here, lol. Status quo for the past couple decades or more. But hey remember that journalists are really HISTORIANS...
Dude have you tried this bread? No. Problem. At all. Hang on..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
If you're "invested in stocks" then you are going to take a beating in the next crash. It's the guy who is NOT invested in stocks and gets invested near or at the bottom who gets rich. And of course the rich guy who has cash in reserve who will take a beating on his stock portfolio during the crash, well he's the guy who cashes out his bonds at a premium when everyone moves out of stocks and into the "safety" of bonds, takes the cash, and buys stock at ten cents on the dollar. Rinse, repeat. Always do the opposite of everyone else.