Yes, passing out in the back of a taxi is definitely the equivalent of grabbing for a cop's gun. I'm glad you spotted that.

Revoke corporate personhood.

No, human-controlled robots have much better response time. This kind of incompetence can only be created with AI.

was being demanded by my girlfriend to drive >400 miles in her goddamned Toyota Yaris hybrid cross. I hate and detest the sodding thing but she refuses to drive on motorways and demands that I drive it so that it gets to do a few miles from time to time. I can deal OK with the automatic transmission but every time I cross a line, start getting close when reversing, start getting close creeping forward, BEEP BEEP BEEP oh, SHUT THE F**K UP and stop trying to fight me going where I want to via the power steering. Then some pedestrian walks past ON THE FOOTPATH as I parallel park into a space and it autonomously slams the brakes on. I hate that car.

Now I'm very much looking forward to driving down to Beaulieu tomorrow morning for Simply Japanese in my 1990 Civic GL. It's an absolute pleasure to drive because it actually has to be driven. The driver is in control of every aspect of everything it does. It does as I want and nothing else. I love that little car.

The lips are too big, the expression is slack, the skin flaps like it's dead, it moves robotically, it lacks the movement to make the sounds, and it's very stiff. That thing is horrifying.

When everything is illegal, nothing is illegal, but an authoritarian government can enforce laws against anyone it likes. This isn't about stopping companion bots, it's about creating an excuse to stomp down on anyone They want who is using the latest tool.

There's no reason Slashdot would suddenly come down hard on "infringement" by AIs except misguided general anti-AI sentiment and consensus cracking. Some people don't like AI and have seized on this as a way to stop it. Some other people are paid to say these things, to create the illusion that there is consensus for strong copyright laws. But strong copyright laws hurt almost everyone and have gone far, far beyond their original justifications. Rent seeking owners of publishers are holding our culture hostage, and it's evil.

No. It is not copyright infringement, and there's no reason to hold copyright so sacred anyway. Are you seriously wanting to protect hundred year old fairy tails from being retold? Information wants to be free.

It sounds kind of like private equity, but even more cut throat. Why would I want anything to do with any of that?

That's not the least bit misogynistic. And your warning these days reads as "warning: offends delicate sensibilities"

Unless the company does something really cheesy like overprovision, then run those extra cells first over the warranty period, and only then use the whole pack, the degradation curve of a car battery pack is surprisingly linear. linky
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Yes. In the grand tradition of revelations that elicit a collective shrug from anyone who has ever glanced at a corporate tax strategy, it has come to light that Microsoft has directed a considerable share of its earnings toward locales with more accommodating fiscal policies.

The Republican Party has abandoned Capitalism for Plutocracy long ago. So has the Democratic party. You're incredibly naive to be voting for the uniparty, either side of it.

Your hypocrisy is palpable.