Comment Dots? (Score 1) 32
Comment Rule #1 (Score 1) 17
Comment Re:So what? (Score 1) 24
It's just fear porn.
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McDonald's tracks adherence to the platform, and notes any deviations from the algorithm's price recommendations
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Which is what you'd want to do for any prototype system.
They should then track foot traffic, gross sales, and net profit and see whether the recommendations increased or decreased them when followed.
Having a control group is valuable, not a target for punishment. If McD Corporate were sane, anyway (cf. ice cream machine fiasco).
The one near me was charging over $6 for fries three years ago - I can't imagine what it's up to now. Haven't been back since.
Reuters is mostly jschool grads emoting and distributing propaganda.
Comment The Bill Gates Maxim (Score 1) 63
I propose "The Bill Gates Maxim".
Anything Bill Gates proposes or theorized should be strongly opposed societally because he is either wrong, evil, or both, in his prognostications.
Comment Re:My grace? (Score 0) 34
"Love" is not a complex emotional state, it's an action - just like belief is an action.
"I believe climate change is a real and dangerous threat" - but you still drive a car and go about modern life?
"I believe in Jesus" - but you sleep around and do evil to others?
"I love my boyfriend" - but cheat on him?
What you describe is infatuation, not love. Love is a decision you act on.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Comment Re:They worried about Florida Man (Score 1) 34
How many of those people infected and hospitalized were vaccinated?
That's the important information we need to know to make an informed decision. Nobody ever shares that information.
Comment Re:Whatever the reason... (Score 0) 34
"plenty of good work has been stalled/derailed because of the unreasonable consumption of resources by these companies"
Can you provide some examples?
At surface read, this sounds like trite environmentalist/redistributionist rhetoric to me. You make it sound like they're doing so without compensation or cooperation, which is very far from the truth: the entire world is throwing money at AI, both for use and for investment, because there's significant value in doing so.
Comment Re:there isn't a deep enough hole (Score 1) 9
> Amazon mechanical turk slaves
What does 'slaves' mean to you in this context?
Comment Re:I can believe both things (Score 1) 73
the frequency of inspections will increase an order of magnitude
How cute. You still think that the Rule of Law applies. I do not think you realize what is happening in the USA right now. All it takes is a little money in the right place and those inspections never happen.
Comment Re:Oh goodie. (Score 1) 120
Comment Re:Finally, we have conclusive proof... (Score 1) 120
Comment Re:imminent nationalization (Score 1) 88
The real problem with AI is that it is not productive. We are spending all of this money, and what are we getting for it? An awkward coding assistant? Yeah no. The real purpose of AI is to monitor YOU, as it already does with Flock cameras.
Comment Re:$3 Trillion off the books commitments (Score 1) 88
Ordinary tax payers will be the ultimate victims if history is any guide.
You have no idea how true that statement is. We will be funding our own personal "social monitor" which will give us tickets/citations for violating the morality code. The future looks so gross. 1984 didn't even come close to how horrific this will be. And yet everyone is just sitting here while the noose is surrounding their necks. All of your devices are tattletales. Your car is legally enforced to take action for/against you.
This is not the future I want for others. I want to offer Freedom and Liberty to the future, not chains around their neck forcing them to act.
Comment Re:comparable (Score 1) 234
Bro, any single metric, in isolation, will always favor the mechanical. Think your foot is steady? A machine can do it steadier. Think you pay attention to the road? A machine can pay more attention. Think your reactions are fast? A machine is an order of magnitude faster.
Every single metric, in isolation, a machine compares more favorably.
So why do some humans get better gas mileage than machines in real world long distance driving? Why do some humans have far fewer "close calls"?
It is because humans have something called context. They can see that a hill is coming up and can gain a bit of speed cheaply downhill before going up the hill. They look forward 12 cars ahead and see that the tractor trailer is either slowing down or speeding up. They can see the kid's ball flying into the road, knowing that a kid will be following shortly.
In summary, while machines can ping every metric in isolation better than a human, it can not combine all of those metrics better than a human can. Machine driving is barely able to replace the worst of us. It has a long way to go before it can even compete with the best of us.