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It is a bit like self driving vehicles, there is really no self driving cars unless you take out the steering wheel. The only way to reduce white collar jobs is to reduce the number of computers, if you do not do that, then there will be a white collar worker feeding input and interpreting output of the AIs.

The goggles are too expensive. They should have opened it to Google cardboard.

AI is now a commodity, and a cheap one, where the real value is how you use and apply it. That field haven't really begun yet, all we have seen is a fun chat show case and some fancy autocompletion. What we need is finding out how it can improve business and peoples lives. I very much hope for an AI robot butler at home.

True that Apple hasn't made anything interesting for a while. It is a consequence of aging in upper leadership with no ambition and a safe market position. I hope that the entry of AI can remove the reliance in big screens, abondency of apps and excessive hours of device use. Perhaps subscription driven instead of ad driven. Rectangular devices with round corners are the beige boxes of the 2020ies.

They should not have closed it down. An open system would have a broader attraction and more customers.

All these personal names for assistants, I am not convinced. In Star Trek NG they nailed it. They just call the computer for computer. You may argue that the computer is an actual device you have in front of you, but that is increasingly just a terminal for the services and AI behind. So I suggest in the spirit of the Google Assistant's original hot-word "OK Google" that we should address the assistant "OK Computer". No reference to Radiohead at all :)

Chromium is open source, Chrome not.

Well if you combine it with the many worlds theory and quantum suicide, then everybody can be a famous author if they want.

All it needs to run are browsers and office. The rest is legacy that no one cares about. Except games perhaps.

It doesn't help to hold companies accountable, only actual persons. Companies are not self aware and don't have a preservation instinct.

What would have avoided this, is read only hard disk images. A bootloop or a failing self test should trigger an automatically roll back. That would prevent a lot of attacks also. About mono culture, as is in biology is not sustainable. It also put you in a disadvantage in contract negotiations, leading much more expensive infrastructure than needed. Check AWS pricing vs Hetzner.

The EU goes against large companies that stifle competition. Competition is essential for a healthy market place and capitalism in general.

Because EU has a large stick and is not afraid to use it.

The reason that Airbus CEO is unhappy is that it threatens the duopoly. If Airbus and Boing don't have superior quality, China or others may see an opening in the market. If that happens, prices will go down.