My prediction, raising prices even to break even will cause "interest" in AI to plummet.

But without AI, how are the automatic doors going to sound authentically self-satisfied when they say "glad to be of service"?

Gen-X. Check your math.

I was in 2nd grade then. We loved it, in part for the novelty and in part because we were allowed to take flashlights to school (relly cool when you're 7).

Unfortunately, that in itself is a punishment. You miss time from work, often have to pay through the nose for an attorney, etc.

It may be the only recourse left, but it can be a costly one that wouldn't be necessary if law enforcement would be more conscientious.

The root cause here was a cop more interested in having a power trip and dumping on someone than in actual justice, law enforcement, or keeping the peace.

It's kind of a knock-on effect. *IF* we could actually trust cops to look at the evidence before they go accusing, threatening, and inconveniencing people with this bs, it might be something like acceptable. But we see over and over that we can't.

And that's BEFORE we consider the nefarious uses that could be made of the data. Unfortunately, we sometimes see evidence for that in the news as well.

See also, high school kid with a bag of Doritos.

That's the point, No I do not. Bitlocker protects against the wrong threat.

I know of a few people who lost data due to bitlocker and regretted using it. I know nobody who has protected data due to bitlocker and was glad they used it.

So there's that.

Alas, many (or most) of the people laid off weren't managers. Interestingly, many of the people laid off supported AWS in some way. One wonders if the loss of experienced people in AWS has something to do with the recent outage?

Personally, I don't want to be anywhere near AWS when they are finally schooled by reality that AI is actually much more expensive and less effective than a few good people.

They can call it Landru.

Or since it needs so much power, call it Vaal.

It probably would. The bot might do it's actual job once in a while.

There's the problem. If that law existed here, you know RFK and Trump would be immune.

If all the infotainment system does is interface with the phone, there's less in it to break. Also a lot less to bit-rot when the manufacturer loses interest in updating (as they all do).

It's gotten a bit confused over the years. At one time, an average student could expect a C. Calling someone a C student wouldn't have been much of an insult. A D student was under-performing. The real shame was at the point of D-.

But then, starting in grade school, parents expected A's and B's even from objectively average students. A's were for students who might even be at a point where they might skip a grade. Kids started betting grounded for too many C's and eventually for any Cs at all.

That's not to say it was all perfect. There was a certain un-fairness to grading on a curve per class rather than over an established history of classes. An average student who found themselves in an exceptionally bright class might get a D or an F in spite of being objectively average. The F being especially unfair as a small change in fate might have gotten them a C or even a B for the same performance if they happened to be in a more average class or even below average class. It just wasn't that good of a predictor for later real world performance.

A million little girls want a pony.