I asked Meta's AI a question, and it gave me an answer I knew was wrong. So I pointed out where it was wrong, and it came back, "You're absolutely correct! I was wrong! smiley face" Ok, so if you know you're wrong, now, why did you give me a wrong answer in the first place? And how can I trust *any* of your answers, going forward?

What's the point of being cool, if you can't wear a sombrero?

Low hanging fruit. Real innovation is harder, now. We used to be amazed by Tamagotchi's. That's done and cooked.

This is being a bit harsh. We can interact with actual humans, but sometimes they're just fucking awful. Even your closest people can occasionally be dicks.

I'm not in the market for an AI companion, but I'm also not going to judge someone who feels better about things after unburdening themselves to an artificial "friend." Can you take it too far? Yeah, just like anything else.

Right, but time and place. At a show about consumer electronics, AI is largely missing the mark. My laundry machines and refrigerator are 25 years old, bereft of AI, and they work just fine. (True, the dryer's had to have a few parts replaced, but that's just wear and tear.) I'm keeping my home appliances free from AI as long as I can, because if you need artificial intelligence to dry your clothes, you have issues.

Sure, maybe some people actually want their fridge to tell them when they're low on milk, but should that drive half or more of the keynotes? Just because you can enshittify a product doesn't mean you should.

It's Claude-ception. Claudes all the way down.

Kids don't have to see their parents reading every day, but the parents should at least encourage their kids to read. I used to read to my kid before bed until he was about 12, or so, and we read all kinds of stories. I'd read, and he'd play with figures he made on his own, while listening. And he picked it up so he was happy to read on his own, too. When Goosebumps was popular, we'd go to the bookstore, grab a new copy, and he'd almost complete the book before we got home from the store. (Anyone want to buy a collection of 25 year old Goosebumps?) I'd quiz him to make sure he wasn't just flipping pages, and he clearly knew what was going on in the story. It's served him well since he became an adult, too.

Eh, I'm also an old reader, and I much prefer reading most things from my phone. There are some technical manuals which work better on paper - depending on who did the electronic version; I don't care for Kindle or Google Play Books because the illustrations are often crap and cumbersome to zoom in - but for most of my casual reading, I prefer to just have all my books in one easily carried device. If I find myself free for a moment, I can open my phone and pick up reading where I left off. I don't have to carry my phone -and- a book. Also, no chance of grabbing the wrong book if I have them all saved. But to each their own.

I'm deaf, you insensitive clods!

Actually, I'd rather have a scooter than headphones or glasses.

Or the Chicago Elevated Train; aka El, or Crazy Train. The first time I - a guy from small town USA - saw a homeless person with all of her belongings on the El - minding her own business, and not bothering anyone - it was a shocking and disheartening experience. I don't blame her: it was freaking cold out on the streets. Plus, once you get on a train, you can go anywhere in the system, as long as you don't exit the toll booths. I hope she's doing better, one way or another.

I've always had a fond spot for Beaglebone, and they have a couple of RISC-V boards. Unfortunately, they're not Arduino cheap: $140 to $150.

So, off-hand, do you know of a replacement Arduino community that new users can join so they can learn about microcontrollers without being under Qualcomm's thumb? There's the Raspberry Pi Pico, I suppose, but it's not as turnkey easy as Arduino's IDE. That, in itself, has plusses and minuses.

With this administration and its cowboy cavalier attitude toward everything, including the laws of physics, I wouldn't be surprised if management pulls an "I don't care if it's insanely dangerous! Launch that mfkr! All for the glory of our glorious leader!" So, sure, we might have people on the moon, but them being alive, and returning are not guaranteed.

Well, ya know, "The customer is always right." But, god help us, they're not. On average - distribution curve - customers are dipshits.

Kinda like Waymo: Who's actually responsible for a driverless vehicle pausing in an intersection and causing chaos, or worse? Does the company send the mail room guy to sit in jail to serve the penalty?