No, it was always based on a misrepresentation of infinity. Think of it this way, if you have a pattern 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, ... it goes forever... it's infinite.... but you will NEVER have an even number.

Seems like the only thing this is going to replace is the front-line phone answering people in India that can't do anything except what you could automate anyway.

No... immigration is good for the *economy*.... just by the definition that it increases demand for goods and services and thus overall GDP. This, however, does not mean that it's good for the country or that an economy depending on growth is sustainable or healthy.

I mean, they do it for reviewers too. So does Apple by the way. Companies typically stop providing free stuff to people who review their products badly... doesn't mean you can't do it, but it'll be a lot harder to get the item to review.

Spoken by someone who has never tried to do business with the Chinese.

Yea, I agree, but there should be more required severance pay imho - companies are far to free to do layoffs and then immediately hire again within the same year, which is just ridiculous - the reason for layoffs should be what you said and not stock schemes or cycling employees to maintain cheaper workers.

I think this discounts how shit the "reasoning" is for the average human.

I've certainly met some that are dumber than windows ME.

Everyone is just going to ignore that the people will all the expertise are still there... you think China is just going to let them leave? They'll have their families threatened and them fixing the machines within a week. The tech really needs to start to be moved offshore, which sucks for Taiwan, but it's a pretty huge single-point-of-failure for the rest of the world right now.

Thing is, I hate when people use household data for salary info... that's totally bunk, it should be per-earner with a SINGLE job for it to be valid. Household income is more of a measure of overall economic freedom of the population.

Eh... there has to be government regulation too. I just had to pay thousands for a new AC system because the previous refrigerant from 20 years ago is completely banned at this point. The new stuff works just a good, it's just better for the environment. I would not have upgraded to a more eco-friendly system if I wasn't forced to because it's money I can't spend on other things now. Sometimes you have to force things via regulation.

Yup. It's beyond annoying when you actually dig and the biggest issue that ACTUALLY happens in the next 200 years is that sea levels rise causing economic issues. Like... that's not an unsolvable problem. I just don't understand why they don't outright SAY why people should be concerned... as a comparison, PETA is concerned about a lot of stuff that most people couldn't give two shits about, concern in itself is not enough of a reason for people to care.

I think it just shows how terrible google search has become, that reddit threads make it way better. I can't even remember the last time I used google to search for something non-product related and got useful results.

Sure it's a good move, but should have been done YEARS ago... and they still have all kinds of of other issues with shady renters. They are making some changes, but they have a long way to go before they become a good alternative to a nice clean professional hotel again.

This right here is the right worry... for far too long, extremely intelligent people have handed over powerful means to moronic trust fund babies. The managers of public companies are not in a position to ethically or responsibly use this technology anymore. Just look at the history of how companies defended the use of toxic materials, cancer causing chemicals, lead in gas, all kinds of things. I trust AI will be fine, I don't trust the sleezeballs in charge of so many companies out there.