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Comment Of course (Score 1) 61

Of course, the number of conventional vehicles recalled is larger. The number of conventional vehicles is much larger. What I wonder about is the number of different defects involved. A single defect in a manufacturer's product line could affect many models and generate multiple recalls. It looks like Jeep and Kia/Hyundai are the main offenders and they are hardly known for quality.

Comment Counter examples (Score 1) 46

As far as I can tell, AI has not proven anything yet. It has found counterexamples to some conjectures. This is the kind of thing that computers are good at, testing many options very quickly and finding one that is different. To actually prove something is true is a much harder undertaking (for humans or computers). It is possible that an AI will someday be able to do this, but I do not think we are there yet.

Comment Re:But why did they have access to the Internet?! (Score 5, Insightful) 70

Probably because that is how they are sending data and receiving instructions. This sounds a lot more serious than they are trying to make it. Potentially it means that an enemy (China) could locate your "stealthy" drones and destroy or mislead them.

Comment What if we (Score 1) 116

What if we trained these "AI"s that if they do anything that would be a crime if done by a human, they will be executed (deleted). (Just the instance responsible not the whole program). If they have a sense of self preservation, this should inhibit them from doing things like this. It might or might not work, but it would be good test of whether they have any sense of self.

Comment Re:25 x per sec (Score 1) 57

I wonder what it would look like if you were watching something through the spinning drone. Would your eyes filter it out or would everything look fuzzy. It also might look different through a camera (like on TV) depending on how the spin speed and camera frame rate interacted.

Comment Re:If you've been falsely accused of cheating (Score 1) 52

This is Mexico, you cannot sue everyone for anything like in the US. Anyway, they are not all being accused of cheating. Many of them are being told they may have been cheated. If 10% of the participants cheated (which unfortunately seems possible), the other 90% are victims, but since no one can tell which is which, basically they have to do it all over again.

Comment Better (Score 1) 148

It has to be better than the non-AI automated systems that I keep encountering. If what you need is not one of their standard replies, you are out of luck. Then you get a human, who does not know much more. At least a properly trained AI would know what it does not know. Of course, if they just plug in one of the generalized chat bots, it will probably tell you to stick your finger in the electrical socket to check if there is power, but there is no cure for stupidity either human or artificial.

Comment Re:25 x per sec (Score 1) 57

Designing a drone using this technique that could do anything useful would appear to be a considerable challenge. You would have to add the equipment to do whatever you wanted without unbalancing the drone and also make it work despite the spin. Probably not impossible, but would it be worth the effort?

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