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Comment A dangerous precedent on lack of privilege (Score 2) 72

Destroying attorney client privilege just because some words touch AI is a dangerous concept in an age where AI touches more of our lives. So much of what we do passes through some level of 'AI' whether we ask it to or not. My entering these words is facilitated by the swiping keyboard on my phone. There is processing done to guess what words I want. Does that mean everything I write is now exposed? Sadly, yes.
If this ruling is allowed to stand as precedent, you may be left with scribbling notes on paper as the only way to keep your legal materials privileged.
Well, that or a truly dumb word processor that absolutely cannot connect to the Internet.

Or... An AI is created that is given a status that allows it to preserve attorney client privilege.

Comment Any reports of effects on automobiles? (Score 3, Interesting) 61

I would love to know if this is having much effect on automobiles. Notably on cars with semi autonomous driving.
Do we know how those vehicles are handling this? It seems the later Teslas make good use of their cameras, but what happens when they think they're far from where they really are?

Was it Honda that tried an inertial navigation system?
Could Tesla and others use camera input to override the bad signals?

And do expect systems to use normal broadcast signals to verify position. Hard to coordinate jamming all radio and TV signals.

Comment Re: Huge it ain't (Score 3, Informative) 31

Your perception in the moment may have been skewed by lack of details to measure scale by. Without the commonplace rows of windows and stories it doesnâ(TM)t look that big. However, it is still the ninth largest building in the world by volume. 3.66 million cubic meters Was eighth only a couple years ago. Curse you Gigafactory.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Comment Literal rent seeking (Score 2, Insightful) 33

This scheme locks in a resource/function and communal charges a rental/service fee far in excess off the cost to provide
Sadly many automotive manufacturers are going this way. Canâ(TM)t have Apple CarPlay or Android Auto in new Chevrolet EVs and other features in other vehicles. Sick as self drive in Tesla. They did it with software, and theyâ(TM)re coming for the rest of your life.
We are slowly walking into the dystopian future we read snotty years ago.

Comment Re: No reason against mRNA (Score 1) 149

Iâ(TM)m for the mRNA vaccines, but have a question about a statement you make. âoeAfter one day, the mRNA vaccine itself dies.â
First, this implies the mRNA is alive. I find that worrisome if it is. Second, how do we know that it is âdeadâ(TM) or inactive after a day? Is that itâ(TM)s half life or is there something that hard limits it to about one day? If itâ(TM)s âliveâ(TM) in the vial for weeks before administering it, what changes to make it go kaput. I would enjoy learning about that aspect of the vaccine if you can point us in the correct direction. Thanks
Inquiring minds want to know.

Comment Maybe we are reading the clock incorrectly (Score 1) 33

If you think of an old school analog clock. Take a snapshot and if you donâ(TM)t know big hang from second hand you can read the time incorrectly. Maybe what we thought we hour hands were minute hands or something else, like a moon phase indicator. Not that the reality is anything as simplistic as that, just that we might be wrong in what we use to set time/date.

Comment Re: This is obviously bullshit lies because (Score 1) 165

Brake dust in my EVs is almost non existent. Now and then I will apply the brakes as I learned theyâ(TM)ll rust up a bit from disuse. First brake job was at 106K miles. When it warms up more, Iâ(TM)ll do the second brake job at 220+k miles. In my ICE cars I would have done 4 by now, and those pads were worn down unlike the EV pads.
My younger EVs all have less than 100K so no brake jobs yet on them

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