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Comment The Numbers Speak For Themselves (Score -1) 40

They've laid off 9000 people in the last two years.

Microsoft posted record-breaking financial results in both FYâ2023 and FYâ2024. Additionally, several quarters since then: especially Q2 FYâ2024 and Q3 FYâ2025 were flagged internally as "record" or exceptionally strong performances.

In fiscal year 2024 they made $245 billion in revenue.

Comment No They Aren't (Score -1) 173

There are statutory regulations and constitutional issues here. To qualify to serve as an O-5 in the Army you need time in grade, time in service and considerable training. You also have to be confirmed by the United States Senate.

Sorry. This story is bullshit. Just like everything else on social media.

Comment This Is Where We Draw the Line (Score -1) 66

through therapy-themed bots that claim to have credentials and confidentiality "with inadequate controls and disclosures."

That right there is some straight up bullshit. These people are living in a fantasy world. There is no legal provision for a goddamn chat bot to be "credentialed" for any purpose at all, especially where human mental health is concerned.

I'm as big a supporter of technology and science as the next person, but this slavish worship of solutions to math problems as a substitute for God is going to stop, or AI is going to get regulated into oblivion, and that might not be a bad outcome.

AI is very complex math that simulates the right answer. It is physically impossible for it to be anything else. If you claim otherwise you are not only being unscientific, you're a liar.

Comment Here's a Thought (Score 5, Insightful) 40

How about we make reading part of K-12 education? Only 31% of fourth graders are reading at level in the U.S. (source: NAEP) We are 14th in literacy worldwide.

Reading is the foundation of culture, civilization and education. Without literacy, academic education is impossible. Reading first. Everything else second, because there are no other subjects without reading.

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