It won't need the user anymore. Makes me think of the Dean Koontz novel Demon Seed.

Of course it will. Google will pimp you out to a scammer--they have no morals

I am seriously impressed with Claude. I have it doing coding tasks that I have no interest in doing. That lets me focus on the parts that are in my specialty. I was able to knock a fully-functional proof of concept in about half the time.

The other tools are so far behind. I describe Claude Code like a first year graduate student and the others (like Gemini) like a high school student looking for a date. Perplexity is probably the closest to Claude Code capability, but it is a distant second.

Turn in your geek credentials if you don't know what LTO means. It's obviously Lettuce-Tomato-Onion!

Either that or it will harvest data to improve ad targeting.

I wonder how much it will cost to stop the investigation? Probably cheaper than a pardon...

That and the fact that a non-trivial percentage of people puke when watching 3D content

My issue with drugs like Ozempic is that often the underlying cause of the weight gain is not addressed. Thus, when people get off the drug, there is a return to the weight issue (1 and 2). While the drugs can be effective to initiate the weight loss, absent the appropriate changes to address the underlying issue, the treatment is not effective. If taxpayer or insurance funds are going to be used, the treatment should be part of a plan that tackles the underlying cause.

Unions historically almost provided training. Some still do, like plumbers and electricians. I always thought that a union providing training for programmers and administrators was a more effective solution than higher education for most positions.

The tech companies are populated by amoral antisocial libertarians that have no empathy for other people and believe their own hype. In what universe do you think they would ever do that?

Oh, crap

Sure, some businesses will be selling fewer devices, but it is better for the environment for people to hold onto their electronics longer. The early generation smartphones were rapidly evolving. Now they have reached a mature stage.

Some people fly RyanAir others prefer to buy a premium seat on a legacy carrier. Both products get you from A to B, just at different price points.

HP and Dell (and other manufacturers) want to make products at different price points. $5 here and $5 there adds up to real money. It is neither right or wrong, assuming the features or lack thereof is declared upfront. One does not buy RyanAir expecting a lay flat international first class.

This is not a new phenomenon. IBM mainframes have had the feature where additional memory and processors could be activated on demand for a fee.

I used to think cursive writing was pointless, but my son's teacher told us that it helped with developing fine motor control, particularly in children that had below average motor control.

Same. Only made it to the second episode. I think the writers lost sight of what made Ripley and great protagonist.