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Comment Re:Very common both ways (Score 2) 23

Around 20 years ago, there was illegal software that you could install on systems running Squirrel POS (common in restaurant and bars). At the end of the day, you would tell the illegal-ware how much cash you are taking out of the register, and it would go into the (local) Squirrel database and modify it to remove enough sales to make it match up.

I can't find a link to it, but in Quebec it was rampant, and a ton of businesses got caught.

Comment Re: congrats (Score 1) 35

Same. The cost of the helicopter mission has to be less than the cost of launching the mass of the landing fuel. And the logistics of helicopter-catching, once the kinks are worked out, seem simpler than landing.

Catching a rocket with the tower where it's going to launch from, though -- now that is elegant.

Comment Its responses from reading the summary (Score 1) 45

Huh. I fed the summary into the AI, and its responses were... reasonable.

Not the A-hole
NTA, but I think the real asshole is whoever created the scenario for the AI to have to judge!

Asshole
YTA. I've never read this subreddit, but I have seen the AI responses. They are not unbiased at all. "The AI can produce stunning results." Yeah it can, by being a total asshole. YTA if you use the results of their research as proof that people suck.

Toss-up
While it may be funny, the project has already attracted the attention of Redditors who disapprove of the way the AI models are "mimicking" human reasoning. There's also the question of just how helpful the project is given that it's mimicking human judgement call, which can already be found on other subreddits like r/justnomil. The team behind the project believes that their bots can help us empathize with others, but it's also worth noting that people can already do that on their own.

If you're looking to empathize, there are already plenty of ways to do so. You can read other people's opinions, you can talk to friends, you can listen to podcasts, you can watch videos, you can look at pictures, you can write in a journal, and you can meditate.

The question is, do you want to be the asshole or not?

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