Comment How can something be "watered down"... (Score 2) 28
...if it was never precisely defined?
...if it was never precisely defined?
...I actually agree with Trump on this issue
Reminds me of the old saying...Even a broken clock is right twice a day
NOT guaranteed predictions about the future
Engineers understand this
Managers seem to believe that they are ironclad guarantees and resort to threats and anger if they are not met
At best, estimates are informed guesses
Endless growth is impossible
We need steady-state sustainability
...from acquiring tech is futile and counterproductive
They have smart people and will invent workarounds
They also may invent some tech that we need
He honestly explained his viewpoint as a CEO
CEOs care about money, and his answer makes perfect sense for a CEO
Researchers have a different opinion
I suspect that since we can't yet precisely define AGI, researchers will argue about it for a long time
...between a "podcast" and a regular youtube video?
...and they deserve to die
In the beginning, they were necessary because of the tech of the time
Today, there is nothing pleasant about the theater experience, and it's getting worse
It's better than a gas car in every way
Yes, charging on a road trip takes a bit longer, but it's an excellent time to relax and avoid highway hypnosis
They may be excellent wordsmiths, but their output contains a lot of nonsense
They are kinda like an overconfident bullshitter at a party, trying to impress a drunk girl
Newer deep research tools are starting to get good and useful
...availability is more important
There are NO good options available in most areas outside of big cities
And no, wireless is NOT the answer, we need fiber!
You only own physical objects
ALL digital products and software expire
They may require server access or subscription fees, or they may only run on one version of an OS and hardware
All software and digital stuff expires. ALL of it
It's the wrong use of AI
Musicians already make music very well
We need AI that does stuff we can't do
That said, public is public. Using stuff available in public is not stealing
...telling interesting stories, not about pushing political views
If a good story happens to include a reference to climate change, fine, as long as it's primarily a good story
The problem with activists is that all they care about is making their political point. This seems to be common in video games, where activists don't seem to care about stability or good gameplay as long as the game pushes their political agenda
If you are referring to tech support, things can't get any worse than they are now
Tech support is seen as a cost to be minimized, so companies provide the bare minimum
If you can actually reach a person after lots of frustration with robots, the person is usually barely competent at best, reading from a script
I look forward to a time when a tech support AI has access to all technical details about a product, including all known problems and their solutions and can answer questions accurately, in full technical detail
Physician: One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well. -- Ambrose Bierce