ha, i remember those metal toothpaste tubes! Lead? Aluminium? But with the plastic ones, you can suck it back in :-)

Don't we already have the "mass surveillance" you describe?
Payments, phones, number plates ...

So I asked the ai, and realised what was probably obvious to US readers - the class and race divide in Missouri.
Here its everyone using buses, and scanning their registered cards to get on/off. In Missouri it is poor minorities paying cash? ... I've just been down a rabbit-hole, reading about poverty in the US, and millions of households not even having bank accounts.

Do we accept the premise that people can be banned from using the buses for some reason?
Then we must accept you can't get on a bus with your face hidden.
So what are the consequences of being flagged by the face recognition? Is it footage being sent to police?
Is it being asked for ID?

I assume most people using public transport these days are using some sort of electronic payment, so that can be your ID.
What is the scenario where things go horribly wrong?
Yes, bad things have happened where morons treat a face-ID as gospel, but nobody is under any obligation to repeat the worst case stupidity.

Mostly I feel bad for that kid that didn't want to go on the ride but was cajoled into it anyway.

Thats what the cold-war era propaganda said. In reality, public-private partnerships werte essential to the post-war economic boom.
DARPA, public infrastructure, aerospace , ... Everybody subsidises.

So why don't you try saying what it actually is, instead of "no it isn't"? Why hide under AC if not actually saying anything?

There is no point saying "its not real", if you can't define what real is, especially in terms of a testable theory. they are empty, meaningless words. Ironically, an AI could show much deeper understanding than the AC - based on observable outputs. (ie empirical evidence)

A. Coward, you keep saying that, but it does not mean anything. You show no understanding, just repeating words you think fit.

So how about defining some terms then? What is understanding, if we are going to try to apply it to non-human intelligence?
For decades we have been applying these questions to animals. Mirror self-recognition, theory of mind etc.

The problem is that most people have really actually thought about it, so do not have a meaningful definition of "understanding". Yet many of them make confident pronouncements anyway. I call this "Natural Stupidity". But they can't help it, they are just a bunch of neurons firing according to simple rules of electrochemistry. There is no such thing as emergence.

I'm not sure about AI, but human stupidity is very real. And it becomes evident in the slashdot comments for any topic that raises emotions. The rich guy, the orange guy, and AI being prime examples.

Given the rather obvious reasoning of reasoning models, you have to wonder what "no ability to reason" intends to mean. i'm sure bloodhawk isn't a moron, or deliberately trying to sound like a moron, but rather expressing some sort of emotion. I guess "AI reasoning is not the same as human reasoning"? Then why not try to make an observation on the differences?

As for "they are just pattern matching algorithms" - that tells us that not only is the poster ignorant of how AI works, but he has no desire to learn. His hard-wired prejudices are adequate. And that leads to over-confident blanket assertions. Is this what people inaccurately call 'Dunning Kruger"?

I would be willing to bet money that the Trump phone has special tariff exemptions. It is surprising I haven't seen any reporting on it.

Anyone here happen to know?

That sounds plausible, but is not what the article says. You only need read 2 paragraphs.
Righty now, Musk owns 42% of SpaceX. He could quit as CEO tomorrow, but stay on the board and still have 82% voting rights.
Once the 180 day lockout ends, Musk could start slowly selling shares in accordance with SEC Rule 144 Restrictions, the same as any insider.
Same as with Tesla.

Any shares "based on hitting certain performance objectives" are in addition, and would dilute the existing shares.

Damn straight. I think if I were a trillionaire I could hook up three even; 'cause chicks dig dudes with money.

Oh no you don't! He has been a naturalised American for over 40 years now, no backsies.

And they will continue to work.

The "actively liquid-cooled CCS2 gun built into a specialized overhead pulley pump system" ?
It sounds hard to me. And expensive.
I feel if you can make batteries that change at half a friggin' megawatt, its a solved problem. That is amazing already.

The 46th president was indeed deeper into cognitive decline, not that this helps us in any way with the shitshow we have now.
Both the 45th and 46th had some smart people around them to to do their job. This no longer seems to be the case with #47.
OK, Wiles and Rubio are smart people, but they don't seem to be calling the shots.