A lot of them are dead now anyway, aren't they? Got a bomb on their head as a thank you.

Exactly... will convince a few to go for it though...

Isn't that the problem? 200$ an hour? Do due diligence, charge for 10 hours of work, 2000$. Do 10 cases with Ai in 10 hours, 20000$. A few fake references slip through during review. Some get noticed, fine for case 8: -3000$. 17000$ earned.
Go for the red pill, the blue one is for pansies, some would state.

You are so ungrateful towards the greatest president the US has ever had! Remember, the DOW is above and beyond 50 000! Why do people keep complaining about little details such as 4$ a gallon when America is finally unleashed and great again! Rejoice!

Good point... talked to my doctor about it. She says they have been using ai with great success. Radiologist still has to sign off here...

Exactly! Oil prices are up, profits are up, the US is safe from shortages and it is all Obama's fault. He could not be happier.
Meanwhile my country is struggling with rising costs and outing warnings for energy shortages in a few months. He is doing it. He is making the US great again. Not by improving life in the US, but by downgrading it everywhere else. He is even framing it as if it is our own fault. "Stupid EU, helpless without the US and too lazy to get stuff in order by sending ships." He may be smarter than I thought. Interesting to see how he will frame the recession though. It may be the thing that bursts the Ai bubble. God I'd want to fast forward 10 years to see how it all turns out.
Oh well, we're prepping for blackouts, there may actually be some fun and quality time in it.

Teacher here... I have an old colleague who patrols the school. An old woman that made an art of scolding someone out. Her husband was a heavy alcoholic. Life was tough on her, but she uses that energy brilliantly. She is fun to hang around, but oh boy, even if I am only slightly out if line, I get the full blast. Just put those old guys in our school under her supervion. She will have them saying sorry to the world in a week. No water boarding needed. Men...

Do you have a citation that proves this equivalence? Or is this just something that some researches think? Wait ... none of them think this, do they? Try to behave will you?

Depends on who trained the Ai... Some of us expect ai to be better than humans, more rational, but it has the same weaknesses as we do. It all depends on how it is brought up. It is an interesting philosophical theme that leads to questioning what the meaning is of life, the universe and everything. If it is trained well, it will say 42. In a few seconds instead of billions of years.

I am not sure work from home is avoid solution here. Sure you save the energy from the commute, but stacking a lot of people in one big building is probably a lot more energy efficient than every employee heating up their house during winter.

The whole "do not work from home or else" rethoric, wasn't that a US thing? They have been pushing back on working all week from home here, but that in my opinion is quite reasonable. Good ideas form when people are annoyed by each other... ;-) To my knowledge a lot of companies have a "one day work from home a week" policy if it was practical.

I like Microsoft office, better than Libreoffice, which I used a few years before I got Ms office at home through work. But since Snowden, it was pretty clear to me that there probably were intentional back doors.
Best case, this was only used for (inter)national security. Worst case? This was abused to do industrial espionage, extort people, ... With Trump? You bet they will abuse it without a second thought. We are switching back to Libreoffice now. Too bad though. I miss PowerPoint and OneDrive. Oh well... we will adapt. It is for the greater good.

Yes! I have a hobby cnc machine. Love the Facebook group from that machine. You get tips and tricks. Can ask questions and the people are nice. I have a few more... Now about all the maga and right wing politicians that pop up in my feed because I replied to one post... Horrible.

I worked for a company that found its roots in the original RCA labs. The boss was a stubborn guy that navigated his own course. A lot of executives came to lecture him. He relied heavily on IP and royalties which turned down a lot of customers. Evil, according to his superiors.
He made it work. 2008 economic crisis hit. Contracts halved. We ran mostly on royalties for that year. Little to do, so he encouraged us to do research. Anything. A lot of BS came out of it, but also a small gem here and there that would later be useful and one thing became a product.
Moved to a company that did not have royalty income. Most projects were fixed cost, meaning sales people had to hunt for contracts to keep the pipeline filled. Once heard the boss say: "We never have exactly the right amount of projects. I prefer too much projects instead of one too few." My god, what did they drag in when things went slow. Overpromissing our capabilities, impossible projects, unrealistic deadlines, ... The worst part? They were actually the nice guys. Other companies did far worse. It was an eye opener. Lot of crap companies out there hunting for money, predator style, little care for the product.
Anyway, no time to optimize work flows, no time to research and criticize obviously flawed procedures, just get the job done in the specified amount of days or else... The fun part? We were pretty good compared to our competitors. Only mediocre compared to the best though.
The bad part? I noticed that companies that did their due diligence, usually were unable to finish or sell their product. It usually got cancelled. The sloppy ones? They sold their junk successfully. I observed too few projects to make it significant, but the pattern was there.
Successful business? It is not a straight line, I can tell you that.

Not sure why rsilvergun is targeted here. I probably am missing context, but... if you cannot afford it, you are still allowed to voice that.
I can afford these things, but I very much enjoy giving deprecated hardware a new life. There are a ton of cheap options out there. My man cave uses an old core duo, donated to me by people who wanted me to buy them a new machine. Programming, controlling my electronics lab equipment, ... It does a great job on only 4gb of RAM. There are decades worth of old games out there that you can play for free on terrible cheap hardware. Cannot afford a playstation 5? Go for a playstation 4, or 3. When the 3 came out, we were all in awe. Look for a used options, with games!
Want state of the art? Want to be cool? Want to be part of the newest hype? Pay up. No mercy. Stop complaining. You are spoiled brats throwing a tantrum because you are detoxing from getting what you want instantly.
I come from a time when space invaders and test drive were awesome. These games run on any raspberry pi. Kids these days...
Look... I got the same lecture in the 80s. My grandfather was talking to me about how he only had a ball as a toy. He was exaggerating, but not much. He could spinn it on his finger tip, he could throw it far and accurate. Took care of it, fixed it, ... It is all a matter of creativity. Now go fetch a few branches out of the wood and do something with them. Made a bird house with my son yesterday. Save the 900$ for petrol, or take one for the team. Buy one and enjoy it with friends. I could go on for ages... Really getting old. ;-)