Weird thing about the Japanese language, the lips don't really move much when you are speaking. Lip reading Japanese can be very hard to impossible. So the researchers probably don't even realize that is a problem.
If people started moving away from companies with bad customer service, then they would start to change.
The reality is, for me, I'm usually not willing to pay extra for customer service because it's worth suffering once every few years (I rarely call customer support) in exchange for paying less money.
But stop replacing customer service positions with computers. People know how to interact with people. When we get a "friendly AI" on the phone, it's usually an exercise in frustration. It won't fair any better in meatspace.
That's what people want, but how much are they willing to pay for it? The reason customer service is so bad is because people aren't willing to pay for it.
The amount needs to be enough to make sure that the perpetrator doesn't do it again. If the amount were $500k, then Gawker would laugh and do the same thing next time.
btw at that kind of drinking party, the problem tends not to b the dancers, it's the gropers. And that happens every time there is alcohol, whether or not there are hired dancers.
oh, you're right, of course GM used to make great cars, so I was imprecise. I can't speak for all their cars, but the GMC cars I've driven in the last few years have been unsatisfactory. So that's mainly what I'm basing my opinion on.
I was really looking to make it a teaching moment, show him that actually there are people (like Donald Knuth) who program with a very low bug count such that their bug tracker is always empty (because they have few enough bugs that they can fix them as soon as they are reported), and that there are people who even teach how to accomplish that kind of programming,
But if he's gone this long without coming to that awareness, what can I say to him that would change his mind? Is there anything? He seems too set in his ways to see anything different.
Yeah, actually Windows is a surprisingly small portion of Microsoft revenue now (something like 10% of total), so it wouldn't be surprising to see the quality go down and down to the point that many customers abandon it, as Microsoft turns into another Oracle.
I also have my windows system running solely for games. That's the only thing running on it.
Yeah, you're right, and I'm interested in seeing how Rust turns out; it's a good project and I support it.
However, I've seen enough security bugs in Java code to know that memory protection and array overflow checking isn't enough to stop security bugs. I don't think a strong type system is enough either.
It's up to the programmers to improve their skill. They need to try to think of everything that can go wrong, instead of focusing on "getting it to work."
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building a pedestrian overpass is probably cheaper than building new roads
My gosh, good thing they did. That's ridiculous to have to do that.
Weird thing about the Japanese language, the lips don't really move much when you are speaking. Lip reading Japanese can be very hard to impossible. So the researchers probably don't even realize that is a problem.
Forget robot brains. Give crippled humans remote use of android bodies, and make them telepresence devices.
That's likely to happen sooner than AI
If people started moving away from companies with bad customer service, then they would start to change.
The reality is, for me, I'm usually not willing to pay extra for customer service because it's worth suffering once every few years (I rarely call customer support) in exchange for paying less money.
But stop replacing customer service positions with computers. People know how to interact with people. When we get a "friendly AI" on the phone, it's usually an exercise in frustration. It won't fair any better in meatspace.
That's what people want, but how much are they willing to pay for it? The reason customer service is so bad is because people aren't willing to pay for it.
The pictures in those article are as close as anything to true evidence of an uncanny valley.
The amount needs to be enough to make sure that the perpetrator doesn't do it again. If the amount were $500k, then Gawker would laugh and do the same thing next time.
Possible, but I think it would be a mistake on part of Microsoft to let this happen.
I agree completely, but it would be a mistake similar in magnitude and type to letting IE stagnate and losing control of the portal to the internet.
Maybe the real problem was they had too many threads in their code?
Has to be the largest single heist attempt ever,
The Russian oligarchs have stolen billions from Gazprom and other parts of the country.
people said that an AI would never be able to brute-force Go well enough to beat a human master.
That's still true. They had to prune a lot. (Although they also threw massive resources at it).
Good question.
Apparently it can?
btw at that kind of drinking party, the problem tends not to b the dancers, it's the gropers. And that happens every time there is alcohol, whether or not there are hired dancers.
Why do these stories always single out programmers? If you think that is bad, you should s what the sales tam typically does, my gosh.
oh, you're right, of course GM used to make great cars, so I was imprecise. I can't speak for all their cars, but the GMC cars I've driven in the last few years have been unsatisfactory. So that's mainly what I'm basing my opinion on.
nice, thanks
I was really looking to make it a teaching moment, show him that actually there are people (like Donald Knuth) who program with a very low bug count such that their bug tracker is always empty (because they have few enough bugs that they can fix them as soon as they are reported), and that there are people who even teach how to accomplish that kind of programming,
But if he's gone this long without coming to that awareness, what can I say to him that would change his mind? Is there anything? He seems too set in his ways to see anything different.
I was actually looking forward to a good rant. ;-)
lol I tried, but found words are insufficient to express the true depths of my scorn and disgust.
I might get modded down for this, but GMs were really never that great anyway.
That's good to know, thanks.
Yeah, actually Windows is a surprisingly small portion of Microsoft revenue now (something like 10% of total), so it wouldn't be surprising to see the quality go down and down to the point that many customers abandon it, as Microsoft turns into another Oracle.
I also have my windows system running solely for games. That's the only thing running on it.
Yeah, you're right, and I'm interested in seeing how Rust turns out; it's a good project and I support it.
However, I've seen enough security bugs in Java code to know that memory protection and array overflow checking isn't enough to stop security bugs. I don't think a strong type system is enough either.
It's up to the programmers to improve their skill. They need to try to think of everything that can go wrong, instead of focusing on "getting it to work."
Is there some kind of system that makes it easy to do that? Like a command line or something?