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Comment Re:A complete failure (Score 1) 53

I do recall one lecture where the professor started by writing up a brief overview of stochastic processes on the whiteboard and then turned around to us, the first words out of his mouth were "don't panic, we can get through this"

The lecturer is there to read the room and be responsive to what's necessary to get the points across, otherwise may as well just read it in a book

Not that there aren't some great books that have been better than some lectures I've attended and for all I know AI can get to the point where it is responsive, and more than just broad-brush to the whole group, individually

Comment How to tackle the bots (Score 1) 116

I realize, it's a hard problem, but maybe a government can help in general with clamping down on bots, it seems they cause a lot of problems, not just in ticket markets.

Maybe governments could issue bot licences, then when they see an unlicensed bot, or a bot doing something outside the scope of its license they can at least try to remedy, either technical or legal (or military !)

Comment Re:Half raisins? Grains of uncooked rice? Really? (Score 1) 48

It must surely matter how the weight is attached and distributed too, I'm sure a bee could not carry 80% of its weight as a point load on one leg. The adhesive might also mess with the animal.

I suspect all the scientists will find out is that 3 grains of rice are enough to mess with the flight dynamics of a monarch butterfly. If it was no big deal I suspect nature would have already made the butterflies bigger

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