It's not just "easy". Fax is as secure as the phone network we pretend is secure, so if you act on a fax which appears to come from a specific phone number then you have some level of legal protection from liability. If you use a website or email then you are only as protected from liability as your identity verification system.

If I need to deposit a check, I take a photo of it with my cellphone using the bank's app and it gets processed just fine. The MICR font is highly OCRable, so as long as what else is written/printed on it is legible, everything works well. Even if a human has to review it because it was handwritten, they will only have to briefly glance at most checks. The only thing I actually write checks for any more is my rent. The paper check costs me very little and they cost nothing to deposit on the other end. I think the landlord is depositing them in person, because they seem to do them two or so at a time.

You appear to have not read anything above your comment. I can't do a QR code by hand. I need a printer to produce one. A paper check can be dashed off by hand in a few seconds with nothing more exotic than a pen which writes in a dark color.

We haven't even eliminated magstrips. We still have them around for backup. An attacker can disable a chip reader by making a special card that applies epoxy to the contacts when it's inserted, which you can do with e.g. a dremel, forcing subsequent users to fall back to the strip.

That's the US for you. Electoral college, scotus with no term limits, yada yada.

These days we have thick gloves which can activate a capacitive touch screen.

We create content with strong SEO attributes which will come up on searches and lead to ad impressions from visitors.

You don't even need a diagnosis. If you just go to disabled student services you can tell them you're unable to concentrate blah blah blah

Three wheeled vehicles are bad. Even if they make good the vehicle will be crap. It will also be a deathtrap on US roads with a bunch of completely incompetent idiots driving three ton trucks and SUVs.

Exactly.
If there was no productivity gain, then they would be hiring even more people to handle demand... which likely would be about the same. The medical cost of early detection is worth it and should have already increased demand. More radiology totally makes sense without any AI cost savings.

As it gets better over time, it slowly boosts productivity until there are only specialists left. Working with humans helps train it even more.

Fools keep making more things into felony crimes thinking it's being tough on crime.

Uh, OK. The article is like someone had to produce X words for a school assignment. It's an anecdote, not news, not particularly informative. He can pay for whatever procedure(s) he wants, I think the article is just some after-the-fact way of getting his hypochondria subsidized.

It's preventive, not diagnostic, so it's properly up to the insurance whether to cover it or not - that's a risk/benefit decision they have.

But I would say that insurance should pay if the scan turns up anything requiring medical attention - early detection saves money.

>Why wouldn't they just outsource payroll to someone who can do direct deposits?

What the summary left out is that 6% of the US is "unbanked" and has nowhere to direct a deposit. And "That unbanked percentage rises to 22% for those with an income below $25,000." - CNN So it may not have much impact on your world, but this would seriously impact those who can least afford it.

In addition, Cashier's Checks are arguably the best/easiest way to physically transfer large amounts of money safely between individuals. They're free at many banks, and if not are still lower in transaction costs then most electronic transfer methods.

Another step on the Penrose staircase, anyway.

When are the /. editors (and the press in general) going to stop paying attention to this phony company?

One good side is the hack writers Hollywood uses are like Junior programmers; ripe for AI to replace. The bad side is people will eat shit with a 30% marketing budget... more with AI marketing bots...

But really the problem is producers and execs. They get too much say and control over the creatives. Those hacks then force the creatives to adapt to them. It's rare when things align and something great happens-- except places where all levels are functioning in balance... like Pixar had for a while and predictably declined as soon as the balance was undone and it would have been a miracle if Disney didn't screw it up. Even when trying not to; but they were trying to knock it down because they made everything else look bad.

YES! I read that Ellison is suing already!
He didn't hold his breath and bury his nose up trumps ass just to buy his kid one media empire! Expect CBS to become another FOX. Consider all those Oracle systems powering the government and how an AI could use them to help target enemies. Maybe he can find the Epstein tapes? No, not the files which are just the tip of the iceberg; but the video connected to those many internal "security" cameras found in just one of the guys houses. (Also, if there was a way, Epstein found a way to meet him. I'd think he'd be more into drinking the blood of children or sucking their souls like the Disney villains he's always looked like.) This is a guy who owns a huge island of Hawaii with only the pesky democracy holding him from further control.

The amount of Trump dick sucking surprises me, too. It certainly felt more intelligent 20 years ago.

Speaking of Trump dick sucking, did you figure out yet if he sucked off a CEO, a president, or a horse yet?

He's just being a typical American MORE BIGGER FASTER tool. I drive an 08 Versa with a 1.8l with 122hp and I have absolutely no problem being one of the fastest people on the road, because even a slow ass car by modern standards can do all the things. I never have trouble getting up to speed on a ramp or whatever.