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Comment Re:How about? (Score 3) 95

by garcia (#66087164) Attached to: AI Is Coming for Car Salesmen

I bought a used 2020 XC90 from CarMax last week. I did everything online from shipping it from Texas to Minnesota to financing the extended warranty. I walked in the door, gave them a cashier's check, and drove away within 10 minutes.

That's how it should be.

Comment I was there (Score 5, Interesting) 113

by gbooker (#66084276) Attached to: 'Survivor' Style Corporate Retreat Descends Into Hellish Nightmare
So the first question, why is this a news story now when it occurred in 2017?

My best guess is that with the second season of Jury Duty being about a corporate retreat, the WSJ (who wrote the first article on this) contacted Moniker as they organize such retreats (and have organized them for Plex for many years). I expect they ask about bad experiences and this trip immediately came to mind.

Did this all happen?
Yes Also, I was talking with Sean (Hoff) just over a year ago and he told me other things that happened that I likely shouldn't repeat. This trip was extremely stressful for him which likely ranks it very high for worst trips for him.
The shower porcupine mostly became a topic of laughter as it started contained and remained so.

120 employees?
Uh, I think that's a confusion with Plex's current employee count and not what it was in 2017. This was before the AVOD side of the business and everyone worked on Personal Media so the company was much smaller then. I think it was ~70 or so then. Now the Personal Media side of the business is significantly smaller than what it was back then.

How was it overall?
Mostly it was a fun trip. There were several things we did have to concern ourselves with which did detract from the trip. Yes the water broke all the time but also we didn't want to drink it anyway (I never did; didn't even brush my teeth with the water from the tap). There was also a concern about mosquitos especially since Zika was spreading there. We couldn't really go into the ocean because there were jellyfish all over the place. On the planes to Utila (the island in the article), looking out the window I could see nothing but water and jellyfish.

How was it for me?
Mostly it was fine. I did prepare by getting up to date on all my vaccinations beforehand, getting malaria medication, mosquito repellent, etc. I did make the mistake of eating the salad on my last day so I got sick when I got home. Fortunately I had gone to a doctor who specialized in travel beforehand so I had medication on hand already. Never had it as bad as Keith.
Honestly, the most dangerous I felt on the trip was the bus from the airport to the resort.

Comment This is only the half of it (Score 4, Insightful) 29

by Equuleus42 (#66021558) Attached to: OpenAI Amends Pentagon Deal As Sam Altman Admits It Looks 'Sloppy'

While OpenAI may have modified their contract to remove mass surveillance on US citizens, there is curiously no mention of the other reason Anthropic was dropped by the Pentagon - using AI for autonomous lethal weapons. So it looks like they're still going to do that part. What could possibly go wrong?

Comment Paywall free link (Score 5, Informative) 151

by garcia (#65991960) Attached to: Pentagon Threatens Anthropic Punishment

https://archive.is/uyPhk

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Anthropic is prepared to loosen its current terms of use, but wants to ensure its tools aren't used to spy on Americans en masse, or to develop weapons that fire with no human involvement.

The Pentagon claims that's unduly restrictive, and that there are all sorts of gray areas that would make it unworkable to operate on such terms. Pentagon officials are insisting in negotiations with Anthropic and three other big AI labs â" OpenAI, Google and xAI â" that the military be able to use their tools for "all lawful purposes."

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