The researchers would like to thank Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Netflix for their generous support and funding.

Knowing the Rules of C is one part, the other is the discipline in coding to avoid the pitfalls that many complain of. Don't let AI/LLM code, since they will be using possibly bugged examples in their training. `C` can continue to out do `Rust` with sufficient discipline - but companies pay for fast, not correct, which is another problem.

A 50% stake is arbitrary, indefensible, and dumb.

How about a non-voting stake commensurate with the revenue linked to job loss?

If the AI models are trained on/made from the illegally hoovered intellectual property of countless American (or global) intellectual property owners, then distribute the ill-gotten gains among the original rights-owners. The AI companies can take their middle-man share.

I agree. Putting a hard estimate of 2% (or whatever) on a single event just serves to make one seem less credible to people who understand probability and statistics. It's a manipulation tactic to make one seem like a credible expert to people who don't.

Even if the estimate seems reasonable, it's absurd to claim a specific probability for complicated future outcomes like "nuclear war".

Not to mention all the extra labor and effort it takes to sell a $200 ticket than a $100 ticket. So their 15% addon fees will scale with ticket price instead of with their actual costs, since they have no competition to motivate them to do otherwise.

I think it's more likely they invented a cover story for how they actually found the pilot. Why would the CIA advertise this tech, otherwise? In this case, maybe they just replaced carrots with "quantum".

When it comes to computer topics, I seek out good book, like `The C Programming` language when I was 14 or research papers for a coding project. PDFs ok in a pinch, but being able to sit in a cafe, a waiting room, airplane, etc. and read without issue is nice. They go any where and don't need a power outlet. For my own books, I pencil notes in the margins. And not just tech. books, but fiction too. A good'ol paperback tuck in my wait band behind my back or in a large coat pocket. Books work. They exercise memory, improve reading and writing skills (more you read, the better your writing becomes by example), and a new book smells nice, like a new car but cheaper.

We had a six day blackout a few years ago in Ottawa after a hurricane. My to-read pile staved off boredom and filled a void. Analogue tech has a place.

This.

Does Caprica count as prior art?

One of many such quirks which are absolutely, definitely not intentional nor contributing to widening the economic class gaps or tax burden shouldered by those with the least.

I agree with the engagement motivation hypothesis. Including the meta-engagement, like this thread. There's profit to be found in the long tail!

Our customers are distracting themselves from the distractions they are buying from us.

Idiocracy was prophecy, not fiction.

In the next issue of Dystopian Adventure Stories...