Why does it seem like big tech is always doing more harm than good?
Because twisting the facts to fit that narrative generates clicks.
So far it's done far more harm than good in my opinion.
Yet, here you are, posting on the Internet using technology created by Big Tech.
One solution is to go to grad school and hope the job market is better in two years when you get your MS.
politically we seem to think that any regulation of AI deployment must be illegal.
No, not illegal. Just stupid and counterproductive.
Regulating AI just means that AGI will happen elsewhere, most likely in authoritarian China.
This is false. Python has 3rd party libraries that handle numbers well. Those libraries are not Python
Python has built-in support for arbitrary precision integers by default, with no 3rd party libraries needed.
In Python, you can precisely calculate 100 factorial with a default installation. You can't do that with C++, Java, or Rust.
After a couple of years of typing the muscle memory should take over.
With proper instruction, you can learn touch typing in a week.
There are free apps and websites that work well.
We haven't seen this scenario with android smartphones.
No one supports Android phones the way Apple supports iPhones.
There is no "Genius Bar".
You're on your own. Got a problem with malware? Factory reset, or buy a new phone.
But why is it Apple's job (or concern) to prevent other people from scams?
Because once their iPhones are infested with sideloaded malware, customers call Apple tech support and bring it to the "Genius Bar" at the Apple Store, and blame Apple for the problems.
Apple incurs costs and a hit to its image.
Apple can't just say, "You were stupid and now you've voided your warranty," because EU law doesn't let them say that.
Indeed. Intel's founders included many of the Traitorous Eight.
Everyone thinks "I'm going to start over and eliminate all the old mistakes".
But they're not "starting over". They're using RISC-V, which is a mature instruction set with existing toolchains.
prevent Intel from using their Monopoly to crush you.
What monopoly?
Lately, Intel has been a crushee, not a crusher.
Just wondering which revolution Greed went all non-greedy and created a paradise.
The revolutions that tried to eliminate greed created the worst dystopias.
Kurzweil is predicting a post-scarcity society, where greed is kinda pointless.
it won't be distopia but a paradise. I sure do effing hope he's right on that one.
I also lean toward a preference for paradise.
Yes, there was a ton of jobs in the 1930's for those farmers and farriers that became unemployed.
The mechanization of agriculture happened in the 1800s, not the 1930s.
I like how people downvote comments like this without any comments or replies.
That's how Slashdot works.
You can either reply to a comment, or you can downvote, but you can't do both.
Why such antipathy for employment?
Because they'll soon find new jobs that are more productive and meaningful.
Regions with high levels of employment churn tend to be more productive and prosperous.
Serving coffee on aircraft causes turbulence.
