If HHS can pull that off and make taxpayer funded science available via open or very low cost source, they won't have to cancel subscriptions, the pubs will die a natural death. It is ridiculous that gov't funded research isn't freely available. I get peer reviewers like an honorarium, but I'd propose adding to research grants a stipulation that for every X dollars of grant money the grantee needs to provide Y of peer reviews.

His is an odd quote considering Henry Ford based his company on selling cars to the masses and having workers who could afford a Ford. If AI is truly that good, why does a company need a CEO? It'll react to real time data indicating changes in teh market and make decisions long before a CEO and board can, and hallucination assures many of those will be as head scratching a with a human CEO.

First off, I'm not convinced the general movie goer population cares one way or the other about ads, and if they really do they can come later. That's capitalism at work, providing choices while keeping prices lower. You can come 30 minutes later and not see any ads or previews, and others can come earlier if they want. Both sides win and get the benefit of the viewing experience they prefer and lower prices. No one is forced to watch the ads, and if a theater thought an ad free experience was economically viable they will no doubt offer it; my money is most people, given the choice of ad free at a premium or being able to decide when to come and pay less will chose the later. Unless enough chose the former, the theater will go out of business and capitalism worked.

No, I am saying most consumers probably don't care and will simply adjust their behaviors to arrive so as to miss most of them, and theaters want to make enough money to stay in business without raising prices to the point people stop going; so ads are a bit of a prado efficient solution. I don't like them and generally arrive close enough to the start to avoid most of them, and since seats are reserved in advance I still sit where I want. The advertiser probably just get total ticket sales and some demographic data, so the theater gets paid for my eyeballs on ads while I get to avoid them and ticket prices don't have to rise.

Unfortunately, capitalism capitalism is designed to provide a solution that meets the needs of most of people while ignoring those need of a small percentage of consumers.

and letting the market decide. If moviegoers decide not to go because of ads, theaters will close or change their business model. Some have gone to a model where food service is more of the experience, including beer; while having reasonably low prices for the ticket. At least AMC says when to show up to avoid ads and trailers, if the offer reserved seating for advance purchases they’ve solved teh ‘arrive late and get a bad seat’ problem as well.

That would be true if all the graduate expected to do was write code; what the graduate needs to be think is 'how can I use what I've learned to identify solutions to problems by understanding what is needed and then use the tools to deliver that." The jobs in danger are all those cheap coding shops that employ a bunch of people to churn out code; companies ill be able to do more of that in house or with shops that can understand the need and use tools to deliver it.

I use it much like a community to get help with programming, asking questions such as "what does this statement do?" or "what are ways to do X?" or "What is wrong with this code ...?" or " Can I accomplish X by doing this using this code...? I don't use it to simply 'vibe code' but to help me get over a hurdle when I can't figure something out; much like how a community works but with instant response.

I view it as an adjunct and learning tool; not to simply produce cut and paste code. If it generates code I followup asking for a detailed explanation of how it works so I understand what it is doing, which I download and save for use later if needed. For example, I am using it to understand matplotlib's cmap function to generate gradient svgs t use as labels for graphs. It's a lot quicker yo ask AI to explain how it works after reading the documentation. It's also useful for answering specific questions such as "What are the hex codes for these colors...?' instead of doing a web search.

That said, the answers and code is hit or miss. Even if I wanted to , the code it generates often isn't cut and paste and I have had numerous occasions where I've followed up with 'shouldn't this line be this" to have it reply 'Yes, you are correct, let me fix it...'

As a learning tool and documentation it has been very useful expanding my knowledge as well as letting me focus in on what I am try to accomplish with my program. Instant response is also useful.

One are I have found it very useful is for documenting my code. I have it add line by line comments to my code so it is clear what is being done for future reference, as well as generate markdown documentation of the code. That way, when I deliver it, if it needs updating or changes later it is clear what I was doing and why. Without AI generated documentation my code would be littered with random comments and not really as easy to decipher.

For me, if all you do is vibe code you are replaceable by AI and a free intern; the real value is using it is to help deliver a solution based on what the client wants, which requires someone who can bridge the gap and is the human value add. That is especially true since the client often doesn't know just what they want and needs help defning it. Until AI gets good at reading minds there will be plenty of work to go around.

But is the total cost cheaper? I have a neighbor who sells and installs doors. He custom makes wooden ones but the big decorative iron ones are cheaper to fabricate and ship from China than source locally; teh downside is lead time since he needs to fill a container before shipping. He loaclly sources teh glass so he can replace a broken panel for the customer long after the door is installed.

Of course, ending stuff is only good if it doesn't impact your voters. We're already seeing that in higher profile issues such as Medicaid/SNAP and immigration where R's are realizing their voters will bear the brunt of the cuts and their farmers/construction/other industries that rely on immigrant labor will suffer and jobs be lost. Nad voters, as they see the impact in their communities are saying "That's not what I thought would happen or what I want,' well you dumb fucks he told you what he would do and you voted that way anyway, so live with the impact on you.

Grifters gonna grift.

Exactly. Artists have used technology as it evolved to make music; AI is just one more technology to adapt to using. What AI is doing is giving people who can't sing or play an instrument a way to make music and sell it; treating the money stream of major labels and artists. Services like Spotify also make it easier to make money while bypassing the traditional gatekeepers; which helped small indie artists but now is adding to the competition.

While injection molding has cost and scale advantages, It also has large upfront costs and isn't easy changed to accomplish design improvements. There are also other costs that 3D printing can help limit, such as storage, logistics, etc. It all depends what you want to do. For DOD, the ability to customize as well as print replacements and parts deployed are key advantages; and something they have been working on for years. I remember seeing a laser 3d printer in the earlier 2000's designed to print replacement parts in the field; rather than have to airfreight parts as needed.

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People blindly trust computers because, well computers. I've had cashiers, for example, try to give me change for a 50ty when I gave them a five and they miss entered the amount; or ring up an item for a fraction of the correct price because and then say it is correct when I point it out, because well, computer.