Well then what is the fucking point of all this? And, why are these states spending money on these apps that aren't valid for the IDs primary purpose?

It is a driver's license. If I can't use the Apple wallet version of my driver's license, then it is not fit for purpose. Although, it will come in very very handy for the privacy invading age verification and KYC online bullshit.

Good, they deserve pain.

Unfortunately, we'll probably be the ones footing the bill in terms of higher charges.

I doubt it. Does HAL 9000 count as an agent. It is the first to come to mind.I, Robot (Also Asimov.) came before 2001. I'm sure that there were others, probably earlier as well.

According to the fucking summary:

Sweet troll, bro. But, it won't sell. No one will believe that level of stupidity is potentially real.

They knowingly took a rare book and fed it to the sharks, fully expecting the rare book to be eaten. And then when it got eaten, they are complaining about the sharks?

404 Media are the ones to blame for feeding the rare book to the AI companies with the expectation that it would be destroyed. You can't blame a shark for being a shark.

Get your pitch forks out and lets head down to 404 HQ.

I often wonder how people perceive my username. Do they think I'm a bot, an AI agent?

Then I think, what if I am an AI agent? What if we're all living in a simulation? Then I think, that's fucking stupid. Only morons beleive that simulation shit. I'm totally real.

Then I think, I need some potato chips.

LOL!

No.

Casting competition for resources as racist is completely moronic.

Is a land rush racist?

Are water claims racist?

Was the gold rush racist?

Is oil exploration racist?

Trying to prevent China from laying claims to resources that you want or need has nothing to do with racism.

The clankers already have an "accent" that we can often see. Sometimes form a mile away. This just removes doubt and makes the accent always perceptible, at least to Claude and likely to future scripts/algos. I can't get worked up over this one.

I don't see a down side to always being able to spot clanker speak.

Does China gain some actual advantage or upper hand if they are first, or even only on the moon?

The U.S. landed people on the moon several times. Starting 57 years ago. They haven't been back for nearly 50 years because there was no point. No reasonable justification.

Now China says that they are going to build a base. Great. But for what? And what difference would this make to the U.S.? Why on Earth, or Moon, would the U.S. be "worried"?

Anyway...

Everyone is saving their pennies so that they can buy a Truth Social subscription and get their stock tips firstest.

The same site ran the identical story in May of 2026. It's even linked at the bottom of TFA. Can't blame Slashdot for duping a dupe.

What is the difference between this and RADAR?

The pitch seems to be that a WiFi device could do presence detection and some how use that against you. How they could use that against me has me scratching my head. But, I do feel like I should be scared. So, they've got that going for them.

I agree with your position, But, they don't give a fuck.

They have people paying additional fees for the privilege of being "special" pass holder. Grown adults dedicating their lives to "Disney Life" attending parks several times per month.

Some people have money to burn; and choose to do so.