Pixellating - Slashdot User

Comment Re:The tool fetcher (Score 1) 55

by Pixellating on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @09:11AM (#60192372) Attached to: Boston Dynamics Starts Selling Its Spot Robot -- For $74,500

"Spot, go fetch me that 3mm socket"

If it can find and fetch a 10 mm socket, then the $75k price is worth it.

Comment What if you aren't a resident of California. (Score 1) 53

by Pixellating on Monday March 09, 2020 @10:23AM (#59810788) Attached to: 'Here's the File Clearview AI Has Been Keeping On Me, and Probably On You Too'

Is there a way around the requirement without having to photoshop an ID?

Comment Couldn't you game what they looked (Score 1) 299

by Pixellating on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @12:00AM (#56966324) Attached to: Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You -- And It Could Raise Your Rates

If you knew they were looking up information about your habits and interest. Couldn't you just game it to your advantage. Some stuff you can't control like age, ethnicity, basic health info. But your hobbies and interest are in your control. You merely need to look like you are a marathon run health nut who is into health and well being and travel around the world. Hell you can lie about your education and job on social media. Is this possible?

Amazon Is Designing Custom AI Chips For Alexa (theverge.com) 70

Posted by BeauHD on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @06:00AM from the do-it-yourself dept.

According to a report (paywalled) from The Information, Amazon is designing a custom artificial intelligence chip that would power future Echo devices and improve the quality and response time of its Alexa voice assistant. "The move closely followers rivals Apple and Google, both of which have already developed and deployed custom AI hardware at various scales," reports The Verge. From the report: While Amazon is unlikely to physically produce the chips, given its lack of both fabrication experience and a manufacturing presence in China, the news does pose a risk to the businesses of companies like Nvidia and Intel. Both companies have shifted large portions of their chipmaking expertise to AI and the future of the burgeoning field, and both make money by designing and manufacturing chips for companies like Apple, Amazon, and others. Amazon, which seeks to stay competitive in the smart home hardware market and in the realm of consumer-facing AI products, has nearly 450 people with chip expertise on staff, reports The Information, thanks to key hires and acquisitions the e-commerce giant has made in the last few years. The plan is for Amazon to develop its own AI chips so Alexa-powered products in its ever-expanding Echo line can do more on-device processing, instead of having to communicate with the cloud, a process that increases response rate times.

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