Every choice is dictated by software written by humans. All the choices are aspects of 'learning' and the developer chooses what that is...things are given weight based on criteria decided upon completely by a human.
Yeah! If they don't go from standard taxis immediately to un-manned cars and firing their drivers in a weekend, then how can we possibly take them seriously?
sarcasm aside, the answer is using our critical thinking skills and technical knowledge
see,/. is still a place where tech people, the people who *actually* understand how this big new tech works, come to comment
AI-cars can't see in the weather. Even light rain. That's just the vision aspect...it might as well be a warp drive...we just don't have anywhere near what we need with LIDAR and nothing in development now is close.
2nd, the software to make the choices necessary in the time necessary is beyond what we are capable of programming. Our algorythms don't learn properly and we don't have a paradigm for one on the horizon.
Those are two problems, they require some technical knowledge to understand, but even someone with a high school education could comprehend.
Here's where this tech will actually be deployed regularly fully autonomously: long-haul trucking *with* a lead vehicle with a human pilot with drone followers.
The amazing part for me is the LIDAR processor and how it works with steering, speed, and geospacial positioning.
Interesting: the SR 71 navigated by the stars, it used a super-sensitive camera that could see the stars in daylight through the blue scattering effect in the atmosphere.
with a human backup driver and co-pilot on board for the time being
Here we go....now that it's clear (as it has always been if you look) that "self-driving cars" are mostly hype we will start to see companies moving goalposts to claim they have done it.
Uber is doing this in Pittsburg.
This tech has amazing capabilities but it's not ever going to be able to do what they are claiming.
Can We Avoid Government Surveillance By Leaving The Grid?
No. Refusing to send emails, use credit cards, or social media doesn't mean your personal information isn't still in databases.
Take it further and you're crossing into a 'lifestyle' of infosec where staying 'off the grid' will basically consume all the time in your day and becomes your life. Maybe *comparatively* to others a dedicated infosec lifer could say "I am 'off the grid'"...from a functional perspective they are as far as a person can get, but no one is entirely 'off the grid' unless they were born without a birth record...born 'off the grid'
This is waaay older than Prism or Snowden or even the NSA itself, and it is inherent to any situation where information is being mediated by a 3rd party.
It's part of existence in the modern world for large entities to have information about what you do...whether you are a serf in Europe in the 1500s or today.
That's not why Hogan sued at all, but more importantly Peter Theil is funding the whole thing in retrobution for Gawker outing him as gay around 2008 (while he was funding GOP which has anti-gay policies).
Hogan filed the claim because he was terrified that one of the other tapes, which memorialized his rant about his daughter dating “f*cking n*gg*rs,” might emerge. As I have come to learn, Hogan himself put it in a text message to his best friend, the radio shock-jock Bubba Clem, days after we published our story: “We know there’s more than one tape out there and a one that has several racist slurs were told. I have a [pay-per-view special] and I am not waiting for anymore surprises.”
> the world needs a proper replacement of human curated music video content, 24/7 always streaming, no ads. Youtube is not that
well said
MTV had genre-mixed, live curated music videos...it's next-level entertainment...you can watch or just listen...
there's got to be a way to do it proper and official and not get overwhelmed by paying rights fees
one thing people forget is back in 1994 you could see a Dr. Dre video then a Nirvana video then a Fugees video then a Tool video...all in a row...it really felt futuristic in that sense
What you, Slashdot readers, think Netflix's next move will be? Or do you think the company will soon become just another name in its respective category?
Keep making billions.
TFA exaggerates the level of competition for Netflix.
HBO Go and Amazon's service are not replacements for Netflix...they are technically 'competitors' but only in the most abstract, finance-major sense of the term.
From a consumer perspective, it's not rational to get rid of Netflix to get HBO Go. They are cheap enough that even low-income people can have both.
So to me this question is a false dichotomy based on the fallacious assumption that over-estimates the threat of 'competitors' in the streaming market.
I'm wondering about users who are *not* employed by Microsoft and obliged to use it for some reason.
Factor those out, then factor out any work-only phones running Windows because they were part of an 'enterprise' purchase and cannot change without messing up the whole 'enterprise solution'....
By what magic of DSP voodoo do they propose to shrink a machine which makes a Microwave Oven look like an LED flashlight by comparison down to a "wearable" size/price?
So, miniaturization...this is where I think the core concept of the (fallacious) 'Moore's Law' actually can be seen in effect.
What I mean is, though it is not any kind of formula or 'law', we can see a very idetifiable trend towards making our tech smaller. It's so clear and consistent it's about as close to 'certain' as these kinds of things can be.
The software is there...most of our limitations are hardware...usually battery weight, as boring as it sounds.
I think we will see fMRI applications for consumer products fairly soon, and in general BCI stuff will get smaller.
Have a look at the work of Manue Rodrigeuz Delgado from the 60s and 70s with BCI and just R/F tech...it will blow your mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I think about 95% of all concerns raised when it comes to driverless cars are about issues that have been solved and been tested in the field for over a decade.
hype overload!
**rain breaks a these driverless cars**
they can't work in rain or where the surroundings are snow covered, for several reasons...but mainly because in rain they can't see
with snow, it doesn't have to be actively snowing... even if the weather is clear and the roads dry, a white-covered surrounding makes it impossible for the car to navigate
this information is available via the search engine of your choice
If you're worried about the millions of dollars that went into this
No, I'm worried about an entire industry that makes this mistake over and over, taking taxpayer dollars for hype bullshit.
I'm worried about the shitty, uncreative, pointless work people are going to try to pay me to do because of how warped their idea of technology has become...I'm worried that will be the only work I can get.
Lastly, I'm just worried about people...you can see the effects of the GOP defunding of public schools now...by how willing people are to jump on the latest hype/bullshit.
This reminds me of that app called 'Yo' that got funded.
All it did was send the word 'Yo' to the recipient. That was the app. No joke, the developers claimed the Israeli Military wanted to use a version of it to alert citizens of possible rocket attacks.
Slashdot Mirror
This is Standard Operating Procedure for the English oligarchy/monarchy.
England is not a democracy...it has exactly as much democracy as will keep the subjects from rising up.
If you understand the truth of the statement above, a lot of history makes sense, and this move in TFA is completely predictable.
exactly.
some dumb mammal has to program the thing
**Algorithms written by humans.**
Every choice is dictated by software written by humans. All the choices are aspects of 'learning' and the developer chooses what that is...things are given weight based on criteria decided upon completely by a human.
sarcasm aside, the answer is using our critical thinking skills and technical knowledge
see, /. is still a place where tech people, the people who *actually* understand how this big new tech works, come to comment
AI-cars can't see in the weather. Even light rain. That's just the vision aspect...it might as well be a warp drive...we just don't have anywhere near what we need with LIDAR and nothing in development now is close.
2nd, the software to make the choices necessary in the time necessary is beyond what we are capable of programming. Our algorythms don't learn properly and we don't have a paradigm for one on the horizon.
Those are two problems, they require some technical knowledge to understand, but even someone with a high school education could comprehend.
Here's where this tech will actually be deployed regularly fully autonomously: long-haul trucking *with* a lead vehicle with a human pilot with drone followers.
The amazing part for me is the LIDAR processor and how it works with steering, speed, and geospacial positioning.
Interesting: the SR 71 navigated by the stars, it used a super-sensitive camera that could see the stars in daylight through the blue scattering effect in the atmosphere.
This doesn't prove anything. The research is missing the point...it's not to prevent pregnancy per se...
The program is to encourage birth control use, which is different than percentage who are pregnant at age 20.
Also, number of abortions is not a proper measure either!
One can argue more OR less abortions prove this program is successful...it depends on how you view abortions and their use.
Here we go....now that it's clear (as it has always been if you look) that "self-driving cars" are mostly hype we will start to see companies moving goalposts to claim they have done it.
Uber is doing this in Pittsburg.
This tech has amazing capabilities but it's not ever going to be able to do what they are claiming.
No. Refusing to send emails, use credit cards, or social media doesn't mean your personal information isn't still in databases.
Take it further and you're crossing into a 'lifestyle' of infosec where staying 'off the grid' will basically consume all the time in your day and becomes your life. Maybe *comparatively* to others a dedicated infosec lifer could say "I am 'off the grid'"...from a functional perspective they are as far as a person can get, but no one is entirely 'off the grid' unless they were born without a birth record...born 'off the grid'
This is waaay older than Prism or Snowden or even the NSA itself, and it is inherent to any situation where information is being mediated by a 3rd party.
It's part of existence in the modern world for large entities to have information about what you do...whether you are a serf in Europe in the 1500s or today.
This is all about Peter Theil, who is bankrupting Hogan's case.
That's not why Hogan sued at all, but more importantly Peter Theil is funding the whole thing in retrobution for Gawker outing him as gay around 2008 (while he was funding GOP which has anti-gay policies).
Gawker outed Theil because he was a hypocrite.
Hogan sued about another video.
Here's an explanation:
IAA(part-time)SP and I can confirm.
Saying 'CMYK is not needed' goes too far.
Yes, plenty has changed but making color on an opaque surface is still completely different than rendering it in pixels on a screen.
> the world needs a proper replacement of human curated music video content, 24/7 always streaming, no ads. Youtube is not that
well said
MTV had genre-mixed, live curated music videos...it's next-level entertainment...you can watch or just listen...
there's got to be a way to do it proper and official and not get overwhelmed by paying rights fees
one thing people forget is back in 1994 you could see a Dr. Dre video then a Nirvana video then a Fugees video then a Tool video...all in a row...it really felt futuristic in that sense
Keep making billions.
TFA exaggerates the level of competition for Netflix.
HBO Go and Amazon's service are not replacements for Netflix...they are technically 'competitors' but only in the most abstract, finance-major sense of the term.
From a consumer perspective, it's not rational to get rid of Netflix to get HBO Go. They are cheap enough that even low-income people can have both.
So to me this question is a false dichotomy based on the fallacious assumption that over-estimates the threat of 'competitors' in the streaming market.
If they go like this, they are doomed.8
Chatbots are as close as this singularity-thumper is going to get to his 'post-human' delusion.
I'm sick of this shit. It's a waste of R&D. It's a waste of computing cycles.
Let's make a robot that can sew like the human hand and innovate sweatshops in Asia out of existence.
Let's solve *practical problems now* not waste our time on a solipsism.
I'm wondering about users who are *not* employed by Microsoft and obliged to use it for some reason.
Factor those out, then factor out any work-only phones running Windows because they were part of an 'enterprise' purchase and cannot change without messing up the whole 'enterprise solution'....
I doubt you'd have even .01%
So, miniaturization...this is where I think the core concept of the (fallacious) 'Moore's Law' actually can be seen in effect.
What I mean is, though it is not any kind of formula or 'law', we can see a very idetifiable trend towards making our tech smaller. It's so clear and consistent it's about as close to 'certain' as these kinds of things can be.
The software is there...most of our limitations are hardware...usually battery weight, as boring as it sounds.
I think we will see fMRI applications for consumer products fairly soon, and in general BCI stuff will get smaller.
Have a look at the work of Manue Rodrigeuz Delgado from the 60s and 70s with BCI and just R/F tech...it will blow your mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I call them "singularity thumpers"
hype overload!
**rain breaks a these driverless cars**
they can't work in rain or where the surroundings are snow covered, for several reasons...but mainly because in rain they can't see
with snow, it doesn't have to be actively snowing... even if the weather is clear and the roads dry, a white-covered surrounding makes it impossible for the car to navigate
this information is available via the search engine of your choice
this really cannot be repeated enough...
because of their credentials, regular everyday people put alot of creedence into what they say, even if it is way out of their discipline
This is so Linus.
Who is Linus "wearing down" here?
This speaks to the inherent mistake core Linux developers make that keeps them from accomplishing their (25 year) goal.
**Users want to use the Linux desktop**...but it's not designed well enough to meet their ongoing needs like an M$ or iOS OS does.
Even if they don't know Linux exists, they know they hate Windows 10 and would use an alternative, esp a free alternative.
The user base for the Linux desktop is there...the problem is the Linux desktop isn't good enough.
Not to mention the cost of a self-propelled AI bike is nowhere near viable.
All of this pre-supposes the AI can be made to move about the city efficiently which it can't.
This really is just a dumb idea for a startup...
It's a cool school project though.
No, I'm worried about an entire industry that makes this mistake over and over, taking taxpayer dollars for hype bullshit.
I'm worried about the shitty, uncreative, pointless work people are going to try to pay me to do because of how warped their idea of technology has become...I'm worried that will be the only work I can get.
Lastly, I'm just worried about people...you can see the effects of the GOP defunding of public schools now...by how willing people are to jump on the latest hype/bullshit.
This reminds me of that app called 'Yo' that got funded.
All it did was send the word 'Yo' to the recipient. That was the app. No joke, the developers claimed the Israeli Military wanted to use a version of it to alert citizens of possible rocket attacks.
was being sarcastic...
i think 'teh singularity' is a ridiculous joke
You don't get it, the whole existence of the article proves it isn't working.
By your logic, a person wouldn't try to avoid an obstacle in the road until after they hit it.
Also, in general your whole way of analyzing this situation is hopelessly reductive.