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Comment Re:Wasn't he right though? (Score 1) 95

Kind of weird how stealing an entire non-profit worth billions, maybe hundreds of billions of dollars only has a statue of limitations of 2-3 years. That has to be one of the biggest thefts in the history of stealing.

ROFLMAO. Not even close to the biggest theft in history. I am guessing you are too young to remember Savings and Loans and FSLIC? Trillions stolen. OpenAI is chump change. Or, how about Social Security? All of that money goes into bonds which moves that money out of Social Security accounts and moves it all into the General Fund. Trillions stolen and meager Social Security checks for the people. There will be absolutely nothing left for you in a few years.

Billions stolen. Largest theft in history. LOL.

Comment Re:Nothing is permanent (Score 1) 122

Sure, this bill may pass and be signed by la presidenta, but the next administration might likely pass another bill to weaken it or repeal it.

There will not be a "next administration". It is "Republicans" until the USA legally crumbles. Technically, the USA has already fallen. When an administration does not respect its own rules, that is the end of the identity of that nation.

Comment Re:US connected cars too? (Score 1) 122

People have to realize that security should be in the hands of the owners.

It is in the hands of the owner. The problem is that you think the person who purchased it is the owner. That is patently not true. The owner is the one who can turn off the car whenever they wish. The owner is the one who can track the car whenever they want. The owner is the one who controls all of the logs.

Just because you "purchased" it, that does not make you the owner. Same with every other device you have like a phone or a computer. You are merely paying a one-time rental fee to use it, you do not actually own it. Expect that one time fee to become a recurring fee soonish.

Comment Re:Welcome to the Panopticon... (Score 1) 67

On the other hand: it's well past time for programmers, sysadmins, network engineers to unionize, so if this happens to kickstart such a movement, I'm certainly in favor of that.

In the USA, a billionaire can and will backdoor your union and make it toothless for the rank and file. An environmental change is needed. The 'system' itself is against the people. To speak more plainly: There is no way to alter the system from within the system as the basic law of the land is bendable to a person's will.

Comment Re:Are the wealthy actually receiving benefits? (Score 1) 193

Why give pesky humans a paycheck and benefits to dig a ditch when an AI-enabled machine can do it without needing a lunchbreak or bathroom break or needing a holiday off?

Why dig a ditch at all if there are no humans around to receive the benefits of it? I REALLY don't think anyone fully thought this through. Let's say that I and a few others receive the full benefits of AI. I don't even like those others, I prefer different types of people... and yet they no longer exist. They had no money for food and shelter and just died off. So I go down to the dance club to meet new people, but there is nobody there. They all died from exposure and starvation.

So I go home and turn on the TV... but all I see is static. There is nobody to make new shows or provide the news. There are no more sports teams to watch. It is just me, 20 thousand other people like me, and none of us like each other and none of want to or are capable of creating music, fine art, etc.

I have spent my entire life thinking other people are Hell... but I found out, too late, that other people make heaven possible.

Comment Re:Prices are sticky (Score 3, Insightful) 103

Yes, they do, you just think ethics aren't a thing. The problem here is you.

I used to believe like you do and I still behave that way; however, is 'ethics' really a thing anymore? All day, every day, I see unethical actions that nobody addresses. Look at how Bin Laden was captured. Nary a peep out of anyone. Look at how Supreme Court justices are somehow fortunate enough to be able to have 'friends' who gift them things a common person could only dream of. I will not even mention 'he who should not be named'. Congress is a mess of unethical actions that they can not even be investigated for anymore. ABSCAM anyone? What about the straight up looting of the Social Security fund. Yeah, yeah, I know, it is all safe in government bonds... and yet somehow or another, even just 10 years after the law passed that allowed it, there were cries about how the Social Security fund would be insolvent. When that law was passed, the Social Security fund had 300 billion dollars in excess funds. Once that money became part of the General Fund (through Bonds), it all evaporated.

No, there is nothing ethical about this world. I feel like a sucker for trying to be ethical within it.

Comment Re:Consciousness is a crappy concept (Score 1) 402

Think about a thermostat, it's awake, aware of it surrounding temperature, it "feels" that the it is too hot, which is unsettling, and causes it to signal the AC motor to turn on and suddenly feels ok, no more tension.

What does 'awake' mean in relation to a thermostat? It is clear what it means in relation to a human or animal, not so clear with plants or microorganisms, but an inanimate object?

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