That perception did not arise from nothing. Back in the 80s, the first Chinese made products started arriving after moving manufacturing off-shore. Those products were absolute shit. The American execs tried to get things built for the lowest cost possible and the Chinese delivered exactly what was asked for.

For the next 20 years, we were all buying cheap Chinese shit that would fall apart at first use.

Around 2010 or so, Americans were finally able to see some higher quality Chinese engineering. And then, Chinese technology became extremely restricted. Within the past few years, outright bans of Chinese engineering have been enacted.

It is insane to me that owners moved manufacturing out of the US and would only allow poorly engineered products into the country. What perverse incentives are being followed here? They are dragging ALL of us down, including the owners.

LOL, it is because they are resisting becoming the 51st State. They need to be punished, those filthy commies.

(the scary thing is that this might actually be the reason)

It is probably best to not ask AI to solve problems for you. Make it do drudge work, like setting up header files. Any logic that requires subtlety of thought is out of bounds for AI.

The incorrect use of AI allows lies to fly as Truth until they are challenged. With so many lies flying about, it is difficult to ascertain the Truth. There lies the real danger.

It looks like itch may need to create a process that causes enough friction to allow a human to review whatever makes it past the filter. Is it "unfair" to the creators? Absolutely; however, it is also unfair to ask a human to evaluate so much low-effort garbage.

Ummm, it will only be dead as a propaganda platform. I have numerous uses of the Internet that do not revolve around "the web" or gacha games.

I would go so far as to argue that your main premise is wrong. Most people use the Internet for communication purposes: their bank, placing orders, etc. This AI garbage may dance all around all of that and make some communication harder, but those base needs will still be fulfilled regardless of AI. Which means, that AI is not going to kill the Internet; at most, it will kill YOUR usage of the Internet and possibly others who are similar to you that can't see anything other than propaganda.

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Are too! (lol)

Hey bro, this is the Real World (TM). Nothing has ever gone suddenly "tits up" for you despite your best efforts? Were you incompetent or was it just an unfortunate series of circumstances? If you are going to try to enforce perfection here, I am going to have to ask YOU to prove that.

Yeah, the tow driver could very well have been incompetent, but it sounds like the vehicle was already falling apart due to lack of maintenance. That you choose to crucify the tow truck driver says a lot about who you are choosing to be. Be better.

Let's be fair here: The car was already a piece of shit. Towing it was extremely hazardous to the health of the car.

Let's also be fair here again: That poor woman needs to be provided a new car by the police themselves. The tow company is essentially also a victim in all of this.

That which we call an AI by any other name would smell as foul.

Try Stars: galactic Racer to see what a modern game looks like when AI is used pervasively throughout.

The good: It looks polished. It seems to run okay (lots of people reporting crashes, but I did not see one in 24 hours of play).

The bad: Gameplay is very brittle. So brittle that you can't remap controls. You either use a recognized controller or you can't play at all. The game is boring. It was not made by someone who appreciates games.

Long story short: If you want shallow and brittle gameplay, rock on with AI. If you want interesting games... well, even without AI, the game companies have become too top heavy and are not producing anything anyways. May as well use AI at that point. Might save a few programmers salaries.

The real tragedy will occur if the project is successful enough to be implemented. Their software department will whittle down to only 2 people. They won't be able to keep up and nobody will be trained on the current codebase.

In other words, Cisco is rushing headlong into a dead end. *shrug*

It is a shame that voting Democrat won't actually change that. It will change the flavor, but not the content. People like you, who throw out false hope, are the evil ones. Republicans are outright in your face corrupt right now. Democrats are not. The Democrats will become that way once they get comfortable with the levers of power that have been created for this moment over the past 50 years.

Long story short, 2 party systems with first-past-the-post elections is guaranteed to end in some for of Dictatorship.

None of that matters. Profitability doesn't matter. Here is what matters and why YOU will definitely be paying for it:

It is the ultimate in providing surveillance. One instance can watch multiple information feeds. You WILL be monitored and you WILL pay for it or, you can simply die.

"Yeah, let's do AI with cameras and microphones everywhere. What could possibly go wrong in an authoritarian society?"

Profitability. ROFL. There are some individuals who care very mightily at how much profit there is, but then, there are the folks who don't care how expensive it is because they want it and they are in a position to make YOU pay for it.

Not as much as you think. Social Security had grown to 300 billion dollars in 1978 and was continuing to grow until Congress got into a debate about just having 300 billion in cash sitting around. So, they passed a law allowing Social Security to buy Bonds.

As an 11 year old, it was obvious even to me that they were moving oversight of Social Security outside of the legal framework in which it was created in order to plunder it.

And plunder it they did. We built SDI aka Star Wars with that money. Unsurprisingly, within 10 years of that law passing, lawmakers were already predicting the end of Social Security by 2030.

The amount that immigrants contribute is trivial compared to the amount that is stolen each year from our "retirement fund". That is why I disagree with your assessment of immigrants. They are a complete non-issue.

It is disgusting to me that this theft has not been called out EVER except by me. What the fuck people?

What a maroon. Gravity will still be an issue dumbass! ;)

You actually can. It only takes energy and some basic heating equipment. Your progress will either be disturbingly and uselessly slow or you will cause climate change... but it can be done.

Yes they do. They are also vilified and legislated against aggressively.

Absolutely NOT. Constantly harassed with more and more restrictions being added. It is literally impossible to buy a long range e-bike legally nowadays. (because battery power can be traded for speed)