Comment Re:alogrithms aren't racist (Score 1) 352
You have one hell of an unconscious if it can code.
You have one hell of an unconscious if it can code.
Yep could easily see that.
Best guess on who it is ?
Somebody that lost their job in IT because they were too old, didn't fit the diversity quota, or just had a SOB for a boss
Someone who is sick of trying to pay rent in SF ?
Criminal extortion scheme we haven't heard the details of yet ?
The point is that not having an atmosphere is better than having an atmosphere that is out to kill you.
If you are on the Moon or Mars presumably you are going to be building underground, so even if your pressure walls blow out, you have some safety margin.
IIRC correctly ours managed to last a fair amount of time as well.
Hughes Aerospace even claimed an export credit for some of the parts. (Yes conniving on the intent of laws is not a new sport)
When you think of space colonization, you very likely think of the important things that humans need for life:
water,
sunlight,
the right temperatures,
sources of food,
sources of energy,
and the ability to create or exist in a self-sustaining ecosystem.
Well not having an atmosphere that consists of 900 degree sulfuric acid also comes to mind.
At least with the moon or mars you aren't quite that dependent on active no fail technology to keep you alive.
But the people writing the algorithm and choosing the input data *can* be racist.
Call the grand scrutinizer and ready the scourges.
And even in the absence of malice, you can create racist outcomes.
The universe didn't agree with a totalitarian's philosophy.
What next a hairy fat guy in a pool gets tagged as a walrus ? His girlfriend a whale ?
Oh the horror the machine was mean.
http://dailycaller.com/2012/04...
Amazing how this sort of thing works.
Is there a minus -1 knows nothing prejudiced mod ?
Memory fault - where am I?