.....females demanded to be let into the Boy Scouts because it was discrimination otherwise? Good times.

A prime example is the OPs statement of 'old white guys" -- this is a perfect example of bias that AI needs to avoid. AI should consider facts, not feelings. AI should not produce data that is biased with political or religious ideaology.

No apologies required. While it may be correct that this particular use case is well - useless - it is still awesome technology. A 'bot that can repair you from the inside. Compare a Model T to a current black automobile of today. Now, I hope they can do the same with this technology and eventually make a 'bot that could get in and repair stroke damage, or other internal bleeding. And it would still be creepy. And no, I don't want to hear about any more spiders.

Thanks. I needed to be creeped out even more.

Awesome use of technology, and hope this becomes wide-spread. But does anyone else find it just a bit creepy? Thinking Pixar meets Stephen King?

First - I haven't been a no-show, nor would I be. That is a personal standard, not because I *owe* some recruiter. Looking quickly in my Inbox I have an appropriate job being offered by a recruiter. Listed as "wage is competitive" and the very next line is "Send my your wage expectations" --So do you think that recruiter or company is set to do me any favors? They are trying to achieve upper hand right off the bat. I don't mind this, it is a valid tactic, but also sets my expectations: That company is likely not to be trusted in negotiations. And company loyalty went out the door well over a decade ago. Again, no sympathy for the companies, the boardroom / shareholders did that to themselves. So, recruiters have created their own mess, especially in the tech sector. Especially if H1B visas get reigned back in (as they should) recruiters are going to feel even more stress, and zero pity for them. I get on average 4 calls a week from some heavily accented person from ComTechSysEng.com firm, trying to press me into wage discussions right off the bat, and would I commit to them without even knowing the position. So, should you show up if you promise to? Yes. Does that mean you can only entertain one job offer at a time? Hell no - you should consider as many as possible. If you accept an offer should you not consider any others, and show up for first day of work? Judge that by how you were recruited. If the company earned a little loyalty, you should show up for them. If not - well - you owe them nothing. Look at the other offers, and take it if it is a significantly better one.

NASA culture revolves in part around the fact if they screw up, people get yanked in front of Congress and then get some pencil-pushing dweebs nit-picking them for the next year or so. Then come the law-suits for wrongful death. I would imagine that Musk has all kinds of legal waivers signed, an army of lawyers and risk mitigation through insurance. Plus sufficient lobby pressure via Senators / Representatives that want him to stay in business for their area. Kinda of different business models. As for fuel before they go - Let's give everyone a choice: One of Musk's rocket (Built to avoid lawsuits and for profit) vs. NASA (Product of lowest bidder)

For NYCL; Okay - so I am bit slow on legalese - so forgive the grade-school level question. She took up the settlement (can't blame her - the soap opera has to be stressful) however, all the arguments and defenses are laid out that any other person targeted by the RIAA could use these as the blueprint for their defense, and have a judge rule on them? (correct?) Could then someone include her settlement in a further class action of some form, and get it overturned ? If so, this would be more of a 'baton relay' than a capitulation as some suggest.