>> Google 3 weeks ago: "Don't worry we're not planning on using our AI technology to put call center workers out of their jobs."
I thought you were kidding, but then I found this:
Last Updated : Jul 09, 2018 05:43 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com Google clarifies that Duplex AI will not replace human call centers Google has denied reports that Duplex AI could be used by call centers to handle customer services and has assured that it will not replace humans and their jobs. (https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/technology/google-clarifies-that-duplex-ai-will-not-replace-human-call-centers-2688571.html)
However, if you read the actual article, you'll see that Google did not really go on the record with such as denial. In fact, they seemed to be inferring that replacing human call centers, especially those dealing with the public, was exactly what they wanted to do. (a Google spokesperson said, "We are currently focused on consumer use cases...rather than applying it to potential enterprise use cases,”)
>> or cause the insurance company to not cover certain things until they get fixed
To be clear, ^^^ THIS is why your firm has been hired. You are documenting reasons to deny coverage; it's cheaper to hire a bunch of auditors than it is to write checks.
Bill Clinton figured that out years ago. (https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/03/10/bill-clinton-still-doesnt-use-email/) His wife isn't quite as smart, but she was smart enough to wipe her email trail once she realized there might be something interesting in it.
I think they just found out that "cybersecurity insurance" is a joke: one missing patch or badly configured machine and your insurer will deny you. Remember, these are that same folks that manage medical insurance - you sure you want a bunch of "claim denied" messages when your IT systems go t**s up?
I was thinking of something like Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud platform. maybe Amazon could hire some of their Cloud Consultants to figure out how to do it.
>> statement from the author of TFA, not from anyone marketing SpaceX
Often they are the same person. For example, when I worked the past for tech companies X, Y and Z, our marketeers worked hard to drop "news stories" about our company and products in tech magazines, and also worked to link to planted stories from Slashdot - and the "successful" stories often looked just like this.
>> The Environment Agency has only carried out 40% of the recycling checks it planned to.
99% of these stories about an agency's work end with "and if they only had more money, they could finally do the job they were supposed to do". They almost always leave out the budget distractions, ridiculous IT contracts, HR training, excessive pay, unfire-able lifers, extraneous administrators and other items that could be slashed instead.
"You don't frighten us, English pig-dogs! Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person! I blow my nose at you, so-called Ah-thoor Keeng, you and all your silly English K-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-niggits," Atos Chief Executive Thierry Breton said in a statement.
>> "DTP Data Models represent the data when being transferred between two different companies. Ideally each company would use interoperable APIs (e.g. ActivityPub) to allow data to flow between them. However in many cases that is not the case."
I am not making this up. See https://datatransferproject.dev/how-does-dtp-work
>> "Ideally, a Vertical will have a small number of well-defined and widely-adopted Data Models. In such a situation, the generally accepted standard will be used as the Data Model for that Vertical across companies. This is not currently the case for most Verticals because Data Models have emerged organically in a largely disconnected ecosystem."
In fact, I plan to be, though my net worth is still probably only a fraction of these folks. There's only so long anyone should really want to work for someone else.
It's a scaled up beanie baby store - how do you actually lose money with that market share? If I was CEO I think I would just find 100 of the best and brightest to run it, fire all the deadwood and make bank - hope more layoffs are coming!
Well, yes. Amazon's end tail business model is pretty scummy, because it beats up on little companies without the resources to fight back. Most recently I've seen it happen to a T-shirt shop whose designs took off in Amazon marketplace: as soon as sales got above a certain threshold, Amazon duplicated the designs on their own Asia-sourced T-shirts and kicked the shop off of marketplace.
Some attorney will probably get rich someday with an IP-based class action vs. Amazon on this kind of thing, but until they do, it's best to support your favorite goods and shops directly.
>> "We strictly prohibit the sale of counterfeit products, and these games have been removed." That's all it would say on this.
What else did they need to say? Someone violated their policy and they bounced them.
Just be careful out there: when buying from Amazon/Walmart/NewEgg, NEVER buy from ANY of the marketplace folks and use the vendor filters if necessary, and they'll eventually just go away on their own.
Slashdot Mirror
...and soon, a third to remind the other two to put down their phones for a while and do their jobs.
>> self-driving vehicles, whether they're driven manually or eventually in autonomous mode, will have two Uber employees inside
Um...you're going the wrong way. I want my "self-driving car" to have ZERO passenger-recording Uber employees inside.
>> Google 3 weeks ago: "Don't worry we're not planning on using our AI technology to put call center workers out of their jobs."
I thought you were kidding, but then I found this:
Last Updated : Jul 09, 2018 05:43 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com
Google clarifies that Duplex AI will not replace human call centers
Google has denied reports that Duplex AI could be used by call centers to handle customer services and has assured that it will not replace humans and their jobs.
(https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/technology/google-clarifies-that-duplex-ai-will-not-replace-human-call-centers-2688571.html)
However, if you read the actual article, you'll see that Google did not really go on the record with such as denial. In fact, they seemed to be inferring that replacing human call centers, especially those dealing with the public, was exactly what they wanted to do. (a Google spokesperson said, "We are currently focused on consumer use cases...rather than applying it to potential enterprise use cases,”)
>> some dude's junk is going to catch fire
That's not what Apple's proprietary port is for.
>> or cause the insurance company to not cover certain things until they get fixed
To be clear, ^^^ THIS is why your firm has been hired. You are documenting reasons to deny coverage; it's cheaper to hire a bunch of auditors than it is to write checks.
Bill Clinton figured that out years ago. (https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/03/10/bill-clinton-still-doesnt-use-email/) His wife isn't quite as smart, but she was smart enough to wipe her email trail once she realized there might be something interesting in it.
I think they just found out that "cybersecurity insurance" is a joke: one missing patch or badly configured machine and your insurer will deny you. Remember, these are that same folks that manage medical insurance - you sure you want a bunch of "claim denied" messages when your IT systems go t**s up?
I was thinking of something like Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud platform. maybe Amazon could hire some of their Cloud Consultants to figure out how to do it.
The most I got out of it was that you need to by physically larger to earn more money. According to the graph, smaller people make less money.
>> statement from the author of TFA, not from anyone marketing SpaceX
Often they are the same person. For example, when I worked the past for tech companies X, Y and Z, our marketeers worked hard to drop "news stories" about our company and products in tech magazines, and also worked to link to planted stories from Slashdot - and the "successful" stories often looked just like this.
>> The Environment Agency has only carried out 40% of the recycling checks it planned to.
99% of these stories about an agency's work end with "and if they only had more money, they could finally do the job they were supposed to do". They almost always leave out the budget distractions, ridiculous IT contracts, HR training, excessive pay, unfire-able lifers, extraneous administrators and other items that could be slashed instead.
>> SpaceX has been killing it
Not sure you're old enough to remember deaths involved in space flight, but this may not be the smartest statement for the marketeers to put out.
>> Australia Called Out as (thing) by (random aggrieved group)
Clearly, Australia needs to clap back before the Internet gets broken.
"You don't frighten us, English pig-dogs! Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person! I blow my nose at you, so-called Ah-thoor Keeng, you and all your silly English K-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-niggits," Atos Chief Executive Thierry Breton said in a statement.
>> "DTP Data Models represent the data when being transferred between two different companies. Ideally each company would use interoperable APIs (e.g. ActivityPub) to allow data to flow between them. However in many cases that is not the case."
I am not making this up. See https://datatransferproject.dev/how-does-dtp-work
>> "Ideally, a Vertical will have a small number of well-defined and widely-adopted Data Models. In such a situation, the generally accepted standard will be used as the Data Model for that Vertical across companies. This is not currently the case for most Verticals because Data Models have emerged organically in a largely disconnected ecosystem."
No shit. Huh.
>> introduce laws...with strong international norms
Why not structure it like the international mine treaty? You know, the one that pretty much everyone except the USA has agreed to.
(rolls eyes at idea that Russians/Chinese won't use AI-augmented weapons to their full advantage)
...if the original topic was that boring?
In fact, I plan to be, though my net worth is still probably only a fraction of these folks. There's only so long anyone should really want to work for someone else.
It's a scaled up beanie baby store - how do you actually lose money with that market share? If I was CEO I think I would just find 100 of the best and brightest to run it, fire all the deadwood and make bank - hope more layoffs are coming!
>> several flights have been delayed or cancelled because of the IT failure.
Several? SEVERAL?! Call the PM - immediately!
Don't worry - no one gives a shit.
Well, yes. Amazon's end tail business model is pretty scummy, because it beats up on little companies without the resources to fight back. Most recently I've seen it happen to a T-shirt shop whose designs took off in Amazon marketplace: as soon as sales got above a certain threshold, Amazon duplicated the designs on their own Asia-sourced T-shirts and kicked the shop off of marketplace.
Some attorney will probably get rich someday with an IP-based class action vs. Amazon on this kind of thing, but until they do, it's best to support your favorite goods and shops directly.
>> "We strictly prohibit the sale of counterfeit products, and these games have been removed." That's all it would say on this.
What else did they need to say? Someone violated their policy and they bounced them.
Just be careful out there: when buying from Amazon/Walmart/NewEgg, NEVER buy from ANY of the marketplace folks and use the vendor filters if necessary, and they'll eventually just go away on their own.
Actually, no.
Yes.