Comment Aliens (Score 1) 52
It was Aliens. They were out there raking the sand making it all smooth.
Comment Re:Doom Loop (Score 1) 44
When you feed it a giant cesspool of invalidated data (The internet) you should not expect a single response to be accurate. none of these AI's are fed a carefully curated data set.
Comment Re:AI is great... (Score 1) 44
But companies are expecting to replace all their programmers with AI.... What could possibly go wrong?
Comment Meh (Score 1) 59
Meh. It's not used anymore now.
Comment Re:Why would anyone want a console? (Score 1) 126
Because my friends are on Xbox and if I want to play with them I have to own one. Games like Halo and Division 2 PC players decimate Console players because the mouse and keyboard is a massive advantage so you cant have them all in the same servers.
Submission + - Autobraking tech will be standard in cars by 2022 (cbsnews.com)
pgmrdlm writes: Autobraking tech will be standard in cars by 2022, but drivers complain of "phantom braking"
Automatic emergency braking will be standard in most cars in 2022. The technology is expected to cut the number of rear-end crashes in half, but hundreds of drivers say sometimes the system slams on the brakes – apparently for no reason. CBS News found reports of several accidents and injuries that drivers blamed on false activations of emergency automatic braking systems. Safety advocates and carmakers say in the vast majority of cases it works, but it is not perfect.
For Cindy Walsh, getting behind the wheel of her 2018 Nissan Rogue raises her anxiety level. Since she bought the SUV new last October, she told CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave it has slammed on the brakes three times for no clear reason when she said there was no risk of a collision.
"The first one, I was driving down a four-lane highway going about 55 and it completely came to a complete stop," Walsh said. Now she said she's scared to drive the car, so she doesn't drive it.
Walsh took it to the dealer each time. Twice, she said, they told her they fixed it.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is now investigating the 2017 and 2018 Rogue after learning of nearly 850 complaints of false activation of the SUV's automatic braking system. That includes reports of 14 crashes and five injuries.
Automatic emergency braking will be standard in most cars in 2022. The technology is expected to cut the number of rear-end crashes in half, but hundreds of drivers say sometimes the system slams on the brakes – apparently for no reason. CBS News found reports of several accidents and injuries that drivers blamed on false activations of emergency automatic braking systems. Safety advocates and carmakers say in the vast majority of cases it works, but it is not perfect.
For Cindy Walsh, getting behind the wheel of her 2018 Nissan Rogue raises her anxiety level. Since she bought the SUV new last October, she told CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave it has slammed on the brakes three times for no clear reason when she said there was no risk of a collision.
"The first one, I was driving down a four-lane highway going about 55 and it completely came to a complete stop," Walsh said. Now she said she's scared to drive the car, so she doesn't drive it.
Walsh took it to the dealer each time. Twice, she said, they told her they fixed it.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is now investigating the 2017 and 2018 Rogue after learning of nearly 850 complaints of false activation of the SUV's automatic braking system. That includes reports of 14 crashes and five injuries.
Comment Not really a suprise (Score 5, Insightful) 56
Honestly anyone with any security education did not trust any drive built in encryption.
Scientists Are Making Human-Monkey Hybrids in China (technologyreview.com) 210
glowend shares a report: In a controversial first, a team of researchers have been creating embryos that are part human and part monkey, reports the Spanish daily El Pais. According to the newspaper, the Spanish-born biologist Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, who operates a lab at the Salk Institute in California, has been working with monkey researchers in China to perform the disturbing research. Their objective is to create "human-animal chimeras," in this case monkey embryos to which human cells are added. The idea behind the research is to fashion animals that possess organs, like a kidney or liver, made up entirely of human cells. Such animals could be used as sources of organs for transplantation. The technique for making chimeras involves injecting human embryonic stem cells into a days-old embryo of another species. The hope is that the human cells will grow along with the embryo, adding to it. Izpisua Belmonte tried making human-animal chimeras previously by adding human cells to pig embryos, but the human cells didn't take hold effectively. Because monkeys are genetically closer to humans, it's possible that the new experiments could now succeed. To give the human cells a better chance of taking hold, scientists also use gene-editing technology to disable the formation of certain types of cells in the animal embryos.
Comment Re:The proles have arrived (Score 1) 160
I remember the glory days of usenet, before AOL invaded...
The Police in UK Want AI To Stop Violent Crime Before it Happens (newscientist.com) 170
Police in the UK want to predict serious violent crime using artificial intelligence, New Scientist is reporting. The idea is that individuals flagged by the system will be offered interventions, such as counseling, to avert potential criminal behavior. From the report: However, one of the world's leading data science institutes has expressed serious concerns about the project after seeing a redacted version of the proposals. The system, called the National Data Analytics Solution (NDAS), uses a combination of AI and statistics to try to assess the risk of someone committing or becoming a victim of gun or knife crime, as well as the likelihood of someone falling victim to modern slavery. West Midlands Police is leading the project and has until the end of March 2019 to produce a prototype. Eight other police forces, including London's Metropolitan Police and Greater Manchester Police, are also involved. NDAS is being designed so that every police force in the UK could eventually use it. Police funding has been cut significantly over recent years, so forces need a system that can look at all individuals already known to officers, with the aim of prioritizing those who need interventions most urgently, says Iain Donnelly, the police lead on the project.
Comment Re:Lack of Experience. (Score 1) 283
Here in Minneapolis they have a pretty decent mass transit system. It takes me 35 minutes to get to work during non rush hour. During rush hour its usually an hour due to congestion on the roads. Riding the Express bus and light rail to work also takes an hour. So in that instance, it works out for me. The Park and Rides are the way to go. Free covered parking (Yeah more snow coming tomorrow) and an express bus leaves for downtown Minneapolis every 5 minutes or so during Rush Hours. Light rail runs by the job site every 10 minutes.
Admittedly, it only pays off during rush hour. Times when I have to work alternate shifts, then it would take about 90 minutes to use mass transit. No express bus running, so I would have to use the route that stops every other block to get downtown.
Even though it's free for me to ride (retired military) there are days where I still decide to drive, just because I don't want to deal with people. So the above comment about people not wanting to "share rides" makes sense. Some days I just want to be left alone and sip coffee, even if I'm stuck in traffic.
Comment Re:Un. Fucking. Believable. (Score 2) 294
Minneapolis has a Light Rail that goes from downtown Minneapolis, to the airport, then ends at the Mall of America. Because it has major destinations along its route, it's quite popular. It drops you off under the airport. You take three escalators and a short tram ride, and you're in the airport terminal.
For the Super Bowl they plan to have everybody park at the Mall of America, and use the light rail to go directly to US Bank Stadium. All other stops will not be in service that day.
Comment Re:Most Extreme Pizza Delivery Challenge! (N/T) (Score 1) 205
Damn I wish I had Mod points, got a good laugh out of this. Love that show (MXC)!
Comment SJW caused me to leave.... (Score 2, Insightful) 115
When they jumped on board the SJW crap and came out in support of Black Lives Matter, that's when I canceled my subscription and closed my account.
I just want music on my music program. Keep your politics to yourself. When you decide to alienate half of the country, don't be surprised when they decide to part ways with your product.
Moved over to Spotify. No idea how they lean politically, because they just play music.
Comment Yep (Score 1) 386
Linked in and Facebook apps are complete crap written by no talent hacks. When the Mobile version of the site is significantly faster and has a better UI than your app? you fire your entire app developer team and hire some that understand efficient and fast.
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