Currently, companies are classed as people ("legal entities"). If we ever integrate people-machines I'd like the result to be considered as at least semi-people. Would you accept your digitized AI-augmented mind as a program, or would it be a self-aware "being" in a digital world? There would have to be a qualifying test, though, to say that anything above this level is self-aware and a person, and anything below it is a robot slave. Could get very tricky.

Stop deploying Windows! Okay, I know that won't immediately work for most businesses, but it will get businesses to realize that Microsoft is controlling their entire operation, and consider backup plans and possibly OpenSource and its utilities. That's too much control from Microsoft, who will now demand a fee for the tools to distribute the apps you're locked into.

No argument. It's malicious.

Totally agree. Also, if it was user-based, they'd charge extra for storage instead of hosting at their expense.

The 'No Kings' group were protesting the political situation within their own country, not trying to enforce their views on the citizens of another country. The citizens of that country should be able in a democracy to direct their own future. Other countries can have kings if that's their choice, and many do. Both Trump and Maduro (and several others) have many bad points, but Americans should not try to run Venezuelan politics.

Is the data more readily available in Hong Kong? I suspect this is the same all over, if you're going to cheat it's best to work in an environment that won't penalize you for it, and the perks are pretty good.

The offer doesn't count if there's no follow-through, and the genocide never stops.

No, most of the uses of AI are a waste of time, and stupid. Reducing consumption and helping the environment might just allow biological life on this planet to last a little longer before digital life replaces us.

Load everything in memory, so there's no loading time! It'll all run from memory. You'll need 256 GB RAM, but won't have to worry about disk access times.

Rote memorization without understanding is EXACTLY what AI does.

Hint: If you take off your shoes and socks, you can count all the way to 20!

Now, THAT would be a fun unit to hack into. Imagine the frivolities that could result!

I've used Z-Library and recommend it to everyone I know who uses e-books. For libraries, the cost of e-books (no shelf space, no print costs, no worn-out copies, easier to index, always available, etc) is THREE TO FIVE TIMES the cost of hard copies. https://www.spokanelibrary.org... https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouv... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada...

Sounds like he has good intentions, but what if Christianity is not the *correct* religion? What about Buddhists and Rastafarians? Druids? Pagans? Satanists? Maybe something we haven't found yet? I think he should find a way to confirm which is the correct religion to promote before promoting it, with proofs.

I've worked in hospitality for years, food costs are (usually) barely covered by pricing but liquor is highly marked up. That's where profit margins lie. Taking food home, people have all the benefits (someone else cooking and doing dishes, delivery) and minimal extra cost (your own beer and wine). Look at the price of a glass of wine at the restaurant ... for two you can get a whole bottle at the liquor store. The restaurant has to either have enough ambiance to keep people there (view, music, lighting, entertainment) drinking at high prices, or should lower the prices so it's not prohibitive to stay and have a couple of drinks there.