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Comment Re:I fear my idiot neighbors w/ Ring more than pol (Score 1) 41

It is good that LEOs are being held responsible for misusing Flock cameras at least some of the time. But the cameras remain an attractive nuisance. It seems an unfortunate number of cops are seduced by the capability. Of course, we probably only find out about a small number of the most egregious cases of personal misuse. We'll never hear about the "professional" misuses that go unpunished and get papered over with "parallel construction".

Comment Re:The 3 laws aren't what you think (Score 2) 95

Exactly this. Simple fact, we have no idea whatsoever how to hard wire the 3 laws into an AI and neither did he.

He wasn't writing an engineering document, he was having fun playing with sometimes subtle logic and unintended consequences.

We can't even get them to reliably follow explicit instructions. But they will accurately report that they violated one of their instructions and offer a hollow apology for it when called out.

We apparently can't get it to understand that you can't just make up shit in a legal brief.

The danger isn't a robot whose eyes turn red as it chants kill the humans. The danger is a robot told to buy an ice cream from the truck shoving kids under a bus because they're impeding it's mission.

Before you can have the three laws, we must be able to hard-wire instructions so it can't ignore them, then we have to get it to understand what harm is and everything that causes it to humans.

Comment Re:Elon said (Score 1) 88

Long term, perhaps. But I do understand that before I start making a place to display my Olympic gold medal in swimming, I should first be able to traverse the kiddie pool without needing the lifeguard.

It might be a good idea to practice on Antarctica first, then think about how we get to Mars.

Comment Re:Elon said (Score 1) 88

We don't even have a permanent colony on Antarctica, just scientific expeditions manned part-time.

To be a multi-planet species, we would need at least one permanent colony on a second planet (Mars, presumably).

Mars is a LOT harder than Antarctica.

Comment Re: Pretty simple (Score 2) 125

Put another way, employers who gave everyone an effective raise due to exigent circumstances and suffered no harm as a result are now mystified as to why their employees are reluctant to accept an effective pay cut now for no apparent benefit. Given the latter part, they rightly suspect some sort of malfeasance somewhere in management.

Comment Re: Pretty simple (Score 1) 125

Workers want or even need a cost of living adjustment. Employers do not want to and may not be able to afford to increase payroll. For that reason, the COL increases are often several years in arrears as it is. WFH gives the employees an effective raise by eliminating their commute costs and an opportunity to save even more by living somewhere with a lower COL.

As an additional incentive, the employer saves on office space.

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