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Comment Theaters are dinosaurs (Score 1) 58

...that deserve to fade away
A few will survive as art houses or bars or eateries with entertainment
A home theater is a far better way to watch stuff
My hope is that the new company will support creativity and avoid the remakes, reboots, franchises and retelling of old stories
But sadly, if I was a gambler, I wouldn't bet on it

Comment It's complicated (Score 1) 47

Youtube videos can be educational, far better than a single teacher could ever do. They can also be a total waste of time.
AI tutors have the potential to personalize instruction far better than a large class of students of varying talent and interest.
Curious, talented students can greatly improve their learning with tech.
Lazy, unmotivated, talentless students simply use it as another way to goof off.
It's not the tech, it's how the tech is used.

Comment Re:10 years ago... (Score 4, Interesting) 79

I once worked in the med biz as an engineer. The founder of the company was a very well respected surgeon. He said... Most doctors are idiots. Med school selects or rejects based on memorization skills, not intelligence, inventiveness or problem solving skills. If you can't memorize vast quantities of stuff quickly and accurately, you fail.

Maybe AI tools will help fix this

Comment Re:Fair weather friends (Score 5, Insightful) 58

Fortunately, this will lead to revival of nuclear energy. However, until these come online, this will lead to hardship where high electricity costs will severely impact poorest.

If one changes how electricity is billed, ie, the more one buys the more expensive it gets, that would help a lot. Particularly when those huge-demand customers would end up paying for the development of the very power plants that they require in the process.

Demand-surge pricing is already common in many places. I see no reason why it shouldn't be applied to industry.

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