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Comment Re:I have two words (Score 1) 110

I also have some words: "Optional my a*s!" Two weeks ago my LG TV sdid software update. After that it would not let me watch anything until I agreed to all terms, including the ones about collecting and sharing of all kinds of data including fingerprinting what is being played over HDMI from say a laptop. So I either have to agree to being spied on or be unable to use the TV a paid for. I agreed to the terms and then went on to block any known server it pings back to. Since then I am monitoring the firewall logs to make sure it is not phoning a server I don't know of. Anyone know of a TV that is not a snooping device?

Comment Re:Like A Crypto Billionaire (Score 1) 315

He does not need to liquidate. He can borrow, tax free, against his paper assets - that's what everyone in his position has been doing for years. To repay the loan, he just gets another one. A trillion dollars in paper assets can go very, very far especially if you allocate a small fraction for bribes to keep the rules of the game benefiting you. Things like buying yourself a government or two.

Comment Saving time on healthcare (Score 2) 55

I am sure saving 43 minutes a day as determined by a Linked-in post will be a great benefit to everyone's health. I hope they checked the accuracy of the AI output. Because it is not like UK will ever prosecute and convict innocent employees based on the inaccurate output of a computer system. That, would never happen, right?

Comment Not encryption - more of a combination lock (Score 1) 28

That's a cool toy - a biological combination lock where you have to add drug in a particular sequence so that parts of DNA get arranged in the right order. It will never work to protect anything, because it assumes the attacker has not knowledge of the DNA sequence of the target and the state of its transcription. That's a bold assumption considering how cheap and fast DNA and RNA sequencing is these days. Within week at most the attacker can have full understanding of the design and state of the system. From that point on you can unlock it without guessing.

Comment Click bait title on a slashdot post (Score 1) 79

Nothing in the OP relates to whether AI has human intelligence or not. The first case is who created the artwork - a human or a machine. The court decided it was the machine, although it could be argued that the art was human creation and the AI was just a fancy brush in the hands of a skilled artist. The second case was if communications on legal mater with AI are privileged. The decision was that AI is not a lawyer (duh!) so the communications are not covered by attorney-client privilege.

There is nothing in these decisions about if AI has human intelligence. I will be shocked if a judge would rule on such matter, simpli because we have no idea what human intelligence is.

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