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Comment Brilliant (Score 1) 88

I am reminded of early in the invasion of Afghanistan, and early in the invasion and conquest of Iraq, where the major media was reporting that combat troops didn't have enough water to drink, because the outsourced (instead of the Quartermaster Corps) vendors supplying them were "having trouble getting insurance for the people and transport" (going explicitly into a war zone).

Comment the lab's ambition is to create "godlike A.I." (Score 1) 27

Say *what*? There's NO INTELLIGENCE in the chatbots. They really are no more than typeahead writ large, and the discussions I've seen say that the training data is running down.

This is inane. Why is he being paid insane amounts of money for, what, a 50mpg carburator (older /.'s will recognize that)?

Comment Re:Now do USPS (Score 1) 66

Screw you. I want my mail. As it is, they've raised the raites for an office that's IN THE CONSTITUTION too much. Meanwhile, looked at mailing rates for private cos? Basic minimum priority mail vs. FedEx equivalent - USPS was $11 last time I used it, while FedEx is $15 or $20. And going up whenever the CEO wants more ROI.

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