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Comment Shoot first, winner takes all (Score 2) 151

So the US DoD is going to buy the second-best US-made AI engine? Do I have that right?

... this is about our troops ...

No, this is about the USA shooting first, about kicking a dog when it's down. This is the US government deciding that a prototype machine will help them murder faster, so they need it now.

... safety of the American people ...

When the US government is hiring racists to kidnap children and murder adults, also demanding a better killing machine is an ominous sign.

Comment Is this raw? (Score 1) 72

... in 2025's payroll growth ...

I'm guessing this is raw data: It hasn't been adjusted for unemployment or inflation.

Slow growth can mean employees are being dismissed: Which has happened much in the last 12 months. While entry jobs seem to be taking less of a hit, suggesting AI isn't so useful, senior employees represent a large portion of the payroll: Losing a few of them will have a large impact. Then, there's the dismissal of professionals because so much health, safety and auditing, is no longer a must-have.

Inflation has limited effect on payroll because the government controls the wage increases. Again, senior employees are likely to get a pay-rise, meaning their dismissal has an oversized effect on the raw numbers.

Comment no privacy, no problem (Score 1) 63

The problem isn't that there are so many cameras publishing snap-shots of private moments to entertain the whole internet. One problem is, doxxing and facial recognition destroying anonymity. The second one is, a generation of young people objectifying the ordinary lives of strangers to entertain the whole internet.

Comment Re:Why are they wrong? (Score 1) 49

Literacy means understanding more than facts and algorithms: It's understanding intent (logos, pathos, ethos). That requires a broad knowledge of the language, which can't be taught, it is experienced by seeing/reading more complex patterns/algorithms.

... must be at an all-time low.

I think most parents fail to teach the finer details of everyday life: Money and sex and law are the obvious ones. I met many teens who left home barely able to cook and clean. Their views on crime/policing, politics and religion was usually a copy of their parents.

Comment Re:Like most dangerous things, it's the misuse... (Score 2) 70

... a visitor when she's not in town?

For most places in the USA, it seems perving on someone else's life is okay, especially if they do something unpleasant. In some places, pointing cameras at the neighbour's windows/ back-yard/doors is a crime. Drones are making it easy to achieve that: That plus safety, means drones are banned on most city streets.

Until people start spying on the police at home, or following the police with drones, US law will encourage treating each other like criminals, with the full support of city police.

Comment Discord has 2 targets on its back (Score 4, Insightful) 122

The reality is, "know your customer" and "think of the children" causes identity theft: The effect upon criminals is minimal. Because it's moved criminal intent from an individual cheating the system, to a corporation of serfs moving illegal goods.

Discord is a target of 'child safety' spyware demanded by the governments of the world, and a target of users who realize Discord tracking them, makes them a victim.

Comment Re:Economists know nothing. Self-demonstrating. (Score 1) 25

... one occurrence.

If you know the answer, you're not dealing with probabilities. An error distribution, as you noted, works backward from a known answer.

A probably distribution for an estimate, is a guess upon a guess. However, the factors that change an estimate, are far less random than the estimate they produce. In short, there's a limit to how much the estimate can change. Calculating that is the point of a distribution and it's it why we can say, this known result is not random, given this confidence/error level.

Comment Everybody did something (Score 1) 166

I've noticed on one social web-site that borderline nudity no longer slips by the AI censor: They've dialed that way-up. It's the only change I've noticed since child safety laws targeted social sites. I haven't given my Id., so I'm on a kiddie account: Where I can't see nudity but I can post it.

Before, people weren't complaining about the nudity. Even the reports on child endangerment saw the biggest danger being corporate behaviour and enabling bullying. But banning the truth allows everybody to say they did something.

Comment Re:Prosecute what? (Score 2) 66

... vote people in who enforce the laws.

That fact is mentioned in about 10,000 Hollywood westerns and modern Tv. dramas: You should not be surprised.

It is the US principle of small government: Almost every bureaucratic leader is elected, from city Mayor down to the city's dog-catcher. A city election can involve over 90 ballot papers: No surprise so many US citizens ignore politics. This and its resulting apathy, makes it easy to manipulate the policies of any city, and of most states. It's what Moms for Liberty and other religion-derived activist groups do. (Most groups demanding liberty through cruelty are driven by Christian hedonism.) They harass the nearest elected leader with the relevant power, such as the school district supervisor/comptroller.

US politics isn't about compromise, it's a pissing-contest won through more money and more bigotry. It's why a racist criminal was elected to the White House, twice. It's why a party committed to "reaching across the aisle" and "business as usual", repeatedly loses federal elections.

Comment Re:All 50 states... but differently (Score 2) 134

Roundabouts were an American invention to make vehicle movement consistent (IE: All vehicles moving in the same direction.) and thus safer. The British give-way rule, made all intersections safer again. Roundabouts are used where there are a large number of exits, or vehicle density is very uneven over a work-day, and thus vehicles would be unnecessarily stopped by traffic lights, during most of the day.

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