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Comment Re:The Patent System (Score 1) 22

Make a random patent generator. First spit out sentences, and then try to feed that to AI to assess and create a patent around. For example, at some point a 3 word sentence and a dictionary from the year 1850 would have the words "random patent generator", "electric voice transmitter", "winged flying chariot", "dexterous automated horse" etc. From a 1950 dictionary you could invent microchips "electronics on substrate". In theory with a 6 word sentence and a modern dictionary, you can probably can invent a large amount of things.

Comment Re:So why are we allowing this again? (Score 1) 27

Legit uses are bomb squad and SWAT. Safer for all parties to have a robot enter premises. You haven't seen the videos or read the news stories about police entering a home and having to shoot because people panicked? A robot can enter a home and assess the situation. If doped up people panic seeing T2 come after them, worse case some damage to police property. I really don't see how robots are the worse option. We should have oversight and strict rules (as in, jail-time for anyone involved in bypassing) about robot-initiated deadly force.

Comment I am terrible at faces (Score 1) 30

Even 20 minutes later I wouldn't remember jack about the person's face or even what they were wearing. I see on TV all the time "suspect was last seen wearing a red sweater and corduroy pants" .. like I could never remember shit to that level unless they were wearing a something really ridiculous. At a conference earlier this year I met someone who I wanted to follow up with later, but then I couldn't remember exactly what he looked like even the next day and went up to the wrong person twice. It was a bit embarrassing. And no it's not early stage Alzheimer's .. I've been like that forever.

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