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Comment Re:"The New Amercian Hustle" (Score 1) 146

"It is not something for nothing. It is something for your money. A capital investment."

Quite right. Sorry, I didn't mean it literally. It was more along the lines of whether they could find a way to not expend effort.

Now that could be because the job market sucks. There's a limit to what you can do there.

But there was the hint that they were looking for a means to replace labor with just investment. Which works when you start off with a lot of money, but kinda falls flat if you have little to start with.

Comment "The New Amercian Hustle" (Score 4, Insightful) 146

If it were a real hustle - effort going into creating value - then call it a hustle.

But this is just another case of people looking for 'something for nothing' and avoiding a real hustle.

It's not that most of us don't share a desire to have an easier life (financially). But, except for a very few, the rest of us have to work. It's dangerous (for society as a whole) if groups of people start to feel like working for a living is 'optional'. What kind of mindset does that create/reflect? You put yourself at a disadvantage compared to those (at home or abroad) who are willing to put in the effort. You'll pay for it eventually...

Submission + - So now we're using AI to talk to the Dead?

PuddleBoy writes: https://www.washingtonpost.com...

"The independent journalist Jim Acosta sparked an intense backlash this week with what he called a “one of a kind interview”: a video of him talking with an AI-generated avatar modeled on Joaquin Oliver, a teenager killed in the Parkland high school shooting in 2018.

"Trained on an old photo and audio recordings of Oliver, the AI avatar used a chatbot to generate answers and delivered them in what sounded like his voice.

"During Acosta’s conversation with the computer program, he celebrated it as “so insightful” and a “beautiful thing,” saying, “I really felt like I was speaking with Joaquin.”

"But the AI avatar offered awkward remarks (“Yoda’s wisdom and quirky personality bring so much fun to the series”) and repeatedly asked Acosta questions back, such as “Who inspires you to be a hero in your own life?”

"The video was panned online as “extremely unsettling” and “ghoulish,” with many people citing concerns that such technology could be used to create beliefs the person may not have supported and to tarnish the memory of the dead."

Comment Broader issue (Score 1) 154

I could be wrong, but this seems to touch on the larger issue of 'let's do it because we can, not because we should'.

This seems to be a mindset that is rampant these days. Someone comes up with a clever idea and everyone just leaps on it. (ChatGPT, 'filters', AI companions, deep and wide data mining, etc.) Seems to me a mindset that comes from greed, fear of being left behind, fascination with the newest shiny object, a search for self reassurance, etc. None of those seem like motivations that lead to a more mature society.

I believe the faster we leap to 'the new', the sooner we cheapen our humanity. I mean, we could "choose" to not extract/stockpile/use everyone's personal data.

Now get off my lawn!

Comment Only 20% for human doctors (Score 1) 70

I only skimmed the article, but am I the only person who thinks that, if we had a situation or field of diagnosis where doctors were only getting it right 20% of the time, we would throw some research/education/analysis at it? Because 20% correct (or 80% incorrect) seems kinda concerning and I would think would lead to a lot of brouhaha or lawsuits?
Maybe it's just me.

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