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Comment Re:Say's Law, anyone? (Score 2) 28

Global life expectancies have been increasing, not decreasing even though we've been mining zinc ore (from which cadmium is taken) for decades. As long as we keep mining zinc -- and we need a shit-ton of it, we'll have enough cadmium for these devices. What's the impact of reducing zinc mining .. let's see .. things get more expensive. When things are more expensive, do you suppose people will have money for healthcare? It would be like banning cars to save 40,000 lives but then nobody can get to work and the economy collapses and society devolves into chaos.

Comment Is fragmentation a good idea? (Score 1) 28

Seems like all the car companies should pool resources into an Android style model instead of each trying to make their own sub-par AI thatâ(TM)s duplicating a lot of the work and operating with less data than if everyone shared data and resources. Companies can differentiate the same way Android phone vendors do .. on car features. Interior look -and feel. Motor torque, mileage, suspension, exterior look etc.

Comment Re:"Now with 38% FEWER hallucinations!" (Score 1) 64

I don't understand how AI hallucinates for most people. I haven't had that problem once I learned/figured out how to ask it stuff properly like maybe 2 years ago or something. You're asking it to do too much shit, not validate itself, and not being specific or algorithmic enough. Watch some YouTube videos on AI prompting or something.

Comment Re:Science moving forward...country moving backwar (Score 3, Interesting) 39

There's no reason for this to be expensive. I've made CRISPR nanoparticles and mRNA vaccines for research purposes. I can tell you the process is simple enough that a person with good financial means can make these himself in a garage with below $150k of capital expenditure. Note .. it can be done for under $60k too in a crude manner. I put $150k because you'd want a machine called an FPLC for purification purposes, freezers, and maybe a DLS. Now before that asshole who always argues with me shows up, it's DIY and isn't going to meet GMP-certification standards. I reckon you could meet GMP standards for under million .. because the only difference is that you need more analytics and you have to hire people to watch and sign documents. (Note: I haven't much experience with that aspect.)

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