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  1. Re:Gotta have I first on Can We Stop AI Outsmarting Humanity? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    People here are arguing at cross-purposes.

    One comes from the annoyance at these bozos like Yudkowsky and the "Future of Humanity Institute"
    who keep anthropomorphizing these glorified PC's.

    Another is the correct concern that machines with what passes
    for AI could be dangerous if developed by people who are incompetent and/or malicious.

  2. The only permanent 'fix' for them is 'General AI': an actually cognitive, aware, 'awake' AI, that functions entirely like a human mind

    That's where I disagree with you: I think the "mind" of a honeybee (and certainly a rat) would work adequately well.
    Mind you, we are currently at least a decade away from that.

  3. Re:shite: accidental cross-post on Revisiting the Jobs Artificial Intelligence Will Create (mit.edu) · · Score: 1

    I was beginning to wonder if you were actually the time-cube guy.

  4. Re:Light from a vacuum on Physicists Predict a Way To Squeeze Light From the Vacuum of Empty Space (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    WOOOOSH!

  5. Re:Automated Falls on Number of Workers in Jobs That Can Be Automated Falls (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    PAK CHOOIE UNF!

  6. Ericsson is a huckster who makes broad claims while ignoring any evidence that conflicts with his claims.
    He assumes that since all extraordinarily successful people had
    a history of intense training, that anybody with the same training could have achieved as much.
    What Ericsson fails to understand is that only those born with a high degree of innate talent can
    make use of this intense training.

    Anybody else would just use that time and effort to achieve a higher level of mediocrity.

  7. English?

  8. Re:This can only mean one thing. on Florida Citrus Trees To Be Sprayed With Thousands of Kilograms of Antiobiotics (nature.com) · · Score: 2
    Agent K:

    A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it!

  9. Doesn't "significant" mean "important"? on Is Statistical Significance Significant? (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    I've always thought "statistical reliability" was a better name.

  10. Re:Super bad idea on Many People Think AI Could Make Better Policy Decisions Than Politicians (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Australia has mandatory voting and their politicians don't seem to be any worse than anywhere else.

    But no better, either.
    So what's the point?

  11. I don't know if it's an unwritten rule, but if it is I think a nice compromise would be for both governing bodies to allow a film to be up for one or the other, not both.

    Or have the streaming sites have their own awards.
    Roma isn't really cinema or TV.

  12. Re:Nobody used the many on W3C Approves WebAuthn as the Web Standard For Password-Free Logins (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't have orange hair do you?

  13. Re:Alzheimers is a real worry.... on Missing Out On Deep Sleep Causes Alzheimer's Plaques to Build Up (discovermagazine.com) · · Score: 1

    I literally have a tough time remembering things from 3 hours ago and struggle to recall specific events more than 6 days ago.

    FTFM (fixed that for me)

  14. I guess CPAP is the closest thing, as the majority of sleep problems are caused by poor oxygen uptake at night.

  15. Re:Mankind wastes too much of... on Missing Out On Deep Sleep Causes Alzheimer's Plaques to Build Up (discovermagazine.com) · · Score: 1
    AC said:

    sleep is definitely a trait that is required for human survival, but it has nothing to do with preventing Alzheimers

    so the discussion was very much about the study.

  16. Re:autopilot has a decades old definition on Tesla Angers Autonomous Vehicle Experts By Promising 'Full Self-Driving' Model 3 (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    The automobile application is not so different from the aircraft application

    Except the people who operate aircraft must pass tough exams and have many hours of experience before they are allowed to fly by themselves.
    This is not the case with cars.

  17. The idiots who fall asleep at the wheel and crash are just that; idiots

    Idiots who were misled by Tesla hype, and could fall asleep and kill you and your family.

  18. Let me guess, you would prefer "Pilot assist" instead of calling it autopilot for planes?

    Notice that the wikipedia articles specifically says
    "An autopilot is a system used to control the trajectory of an aircraft ".
    But Musk isn't making aircraft, so this has no relevance.

  19. driver licensing needs to be more strict

    So maybe the driver's license exam should include the question "Would you believe anything Elon Musk says?" and if the testee answers "Yes", then show them the door.

  20. Apparently though most people don't know what autopilots in aircraft do.

    Except these are cars not fucking aircraft and don't require a pilot's license.

  21. Re:Not going to work on Amazon Removes Anti-Vaccine Movies After CNN Inquiry (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    The only thing that might change their minds is if their kids die or are debilitated

    No, they will just blame it on "big pharma".

  22. il est "le backbone".

  23. Re:U.S. Executives Should Avoid Visiting China on Canada Allows US Extradition of Huawei CFO To Proceed (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    No company in China is obliged to follow a trade embargo the mighty US of Assholes decided.

    But every company in China is obliged to not defraud American investors by claiming the money they borrowed is not for an Iranian project, when it is.

  24. No, these particles only enhance near-infrared and would make little practical difference.
    Heat vision requires far-infrared which wouldn't get through the cornea anyway.

    If you want to see what enhanced viewing looks like with near-infrared, just look though your cellphone camera.
    The sensors they use can see near-infrared quite well.

  25. Re:You know, at some point soon... on Netflix is Testing Even More Expensive Subscription Prices (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    You shouldn't.
    And you shouldn't have to do none o' that there book-learnin' neither.