The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result.
I keep telling people this, and they keep saying I'm wrong, something about it not being an actual accepted or useful definition of insanity, just a meme that caught on at some point. Their refusal to see the truth is driving me f'ing crazy!
If you read the article carefully, they are talking about lenses THINNER than a hair. I see several of the posts here thinking the width/radius of the lenses is this small, a reasonable mistake given the way this was written. Having a radius that small would severely reduce their light gathering ability, requiring very bright light or very dim images or very long exposure times.
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Anyone stubbornly clinging to Windows 7 or 8 now has two choices: upgrade or stay stuck on outdated software.
I may not have a PhD in thinky stuff, but someone running Windows7 is on outdated software even if their word processor is current.
"Grocery store in the arctic goes out of business. Residents now have two choices: move or live in harsh conditions."
"Uranus does have its own internal heat"
I'm a weak man... a weak, petty man...
Corporate Vice President and head of Windows, said that voice will emerge as a primary input
Translation: In the same manner that Windows came up with a narrative about why screenshotting user activity is "good for the user", they're now coming up with a narrative about why listening/storing all audio at all times is "good for the user".
Whereas to me, this means windows machines now officially join the ranks of other machines-- like Alexa -- that I refuse to allow in my house EVER. It's arguable I could/should have gotten there even prior to this; let's call this the straw that will finally motivate me to go to the mattress about the issue with other people I live with.
The WSJ is actually read by influential people in most industries and there's been a problem with the lack of pushback against those promoting AI.
I read that Luigi Mangione was motivated by his conversations with an AI. I wonder if that'd get through to them?
(It was, btw, an AI that told me that.)
The Escobar Phone Scam Saga Has Finally Come To an End
It was actually a bar phone sold by Esco. Easy mistake to make.
Artificial intelligence has proved to be even more valuable as a writer of computer code than as a writer of words.
I see zero evidence of this. I HEAR it all the time in articles like this, but as far as people I work with or code I experiment with myself using AI, AI has proven to be maybe break-even for very simple, limited-domain things (basically the rough equiv of looking up an answer on stackexchange), and far worse than nothing when doing complex system design (during which I spend so much time shaking out the plausible-sounding but ultimately-bullshit answers that I net lose time).
I know I'm just an anecdote and a small sample base, but I do this for a living, and I don't see anything approaching the benefit that such articles spin.
Ask yourself: if it's so easy to use, where are all the apps written by your neighbors, and the local firemen, and the grocery store folks, and so on?
Email, chat, post, and websurf like it will be used against you... whether read aloud in court, used to deny insurance, loans, and jobs, or fed to AI to make the case that you're likely to commit crimes and need to be pre-emptively locked up.
When, if ever, is it okay to intentionally drive a species out of existence...?
When that species provides no value and brings huge dangers to the world. Hey, if we find we dreadfully miss them for whatever reason, clone 'em and bring them back.
I consider a new device or technology to have been culturally accepted when it has been used to commit a murder. -- M. Gallaher