100 Big corporation publishes paper claiming to finally achieve quantum supremacy
200 Wait a few days
300 Some random math guy demonstrates how to calculate the same thing faster on a conventional consumer laptop
400 GOTO 100

Ban the dumb, lying, hallucinating, sycophantic, power-hungry insanity we have now and bring AI online only after it's proven to be reliable.

All about trying to beat China?

I don't think that's true. Basically all missions are "low earth orbit", unless you create a GIANT rocket... like the Saturn V. The US did this for the Apollo mission; however, even though they have the blueprints, the rockets literally cannot be made any more because it was designed for a different workforce with different skills.

There's also many advances in computing and engine technology to incorporate. And getting all correct is hard.

The Soviets were never able to create a rocket comparable to the Saturn V. They tried, it blew up spectacularly, and ended their space program. It was "cowboy engineering"... not the cautious incremental stuff that NASA did with Saturn V.

China is building the Long March 9 and Long March 10 rocket systems, and that's awesome. However, NASA is building the capability because they do not have it at all, and they want it for Mars/Asteroid/Moonbase missions. There's genuine interest in the USA to do this.

I assume the Chinese will do a much better job than the soviets, and actually get their rockets working. They're way behind NASA though. The first SLS mission is targeted for Feb/2026. The first Long March mission is expected to be 5-10 years later (!). So hardly a competition for who gets there first.

How dare amazon NOT employ people.

Your privacy will be violated any which way, but you won't feel it.

It's even worse: the encrypted SD card can be decrypted by anybody who owns the same device. Meaning practically, it's not encrypted at all.

the manufacturer had the decryption key.

Why does this story not make me feel all warm and fuzzy?

Have you seen who's in the White House? Remember: he was voted in. Twice. That only happens in a nation with a widespread case of mental retardation.

if all your customers hate it 10x more than humans?

India should protect its pool of human workers: when the backlash against AI hits full force, they'll be well-positioned to retake the market.

I never thought I'd say I find calling customer support and being greeted by this unmistakable heavy Bangalore accent refreshing and reassuring: at least I know I'm talking to someone who understands my question and not something that serves me the nearest matching boilerplate answer from the support knowledgebase in a sycophantic transatlantic accented tone.

On the flip side, one reason I'm sticking with my old cars and not considering buying a new one any time soon is because I really like the fact that they lack connectivity of any kind. They also have real control knobs and no touch screens.

How else will I be able to feel that deep sense of dread when I call any company's customer support and I'm greeted by an overly polite chatbot that's so syrupy it gives me type-2, that doesn't understand my problem and refuses to let me talk to a real person?

Censorship is a big no-no for tech companies. Particularly when it doesn't make then any money.

Folger's Crystals already did this experiment this back in the 1980s. Then they publicized the results ad nauseam.

No.

This room-temperature ice is simply a plot device that demonstrates the sheer stupidity of human behavior.

If you set up a market, and multiple people who actually had $1e100 put in a bid of that amount for your stupid crypto, then at least for that instant it was worth that much. It may not be worth that much later, but it would be NOW.

FFS, how can you have such a hard time understanding such a basic concept?