Remember when "researchers" and parents were freaking out and thinking that every kid in the world was going to talk in a British accent?

Generally, yes.

Alternatives, you don't have to have pressure at all. You can make electricity using only the temperature differential.
You just need a lot more holes to produce grid scale energy.

No one thinks an 18 year old brain is fully formed.
It's just mostly formed enough to be able to understand choices and consequences.

Yeah, your brain changes over time. Big surprise there.

Just call it "Young adulthood".

Dear OS software engineering people.

AI isn't ready for primetime at the OS level yet. Please stop.

A mile down is nearly deep to have enough geothermal power to boil water just about anywhere on earth. If you can make it to 2 miles you would easily be over 100C.

Not lose their license. The case should be immediately dismissed in favor of the other side.

Let the client sue the lawyer for damages. That will fix the issue far faster than even disbarment.

Bonzee buddy is your friend!

This needs to be a constitutional amendment.

Non-biological beings cannot be legally considered conscious or persons.

Nope.

I think likely the biggest revenue generator for any AI company is going to be people paying monthly fees for robots. It sounds silly, but I can totally imagine a situation where there are a LOT of households paying $200+ a month for a robot servant.

How much would you pay for a personal chef, maid, butler, etc. Imagine coming home from work and you have dinner on the table, the house is clean and decorated for the holiday, etc. Robots are getting friggin' darn close to being able to do that. I think a lot of households would pay very handsomely for that.

AI will clean up the messes that AI makes.

Just turn them upside down. Problem solved.

A month-to-month drop of .2% is just reporting on noise.