I agree with almost everything you said. There is a major difference between the dot com boom and this AI boom that changes things though. The concentration of wealth. I didn't expect the major players to fail and then get replaced by competitors. Instead I expect that there will be more concentration. A few of the major players will merge with or be absorbed by the others, so that there will be just a couple of major AI companies, or at most less than a handful.

In 1985 the author had no idea how absurd that quote would seem in the future, so he had no motivation to make it up. Occam's razor says that Gates did say it, then either forgot he said it or lied and said he didn't say it, years later, when it became absurd sounding in the context of advances that weren't anticipated by most people in the early 1980s.

I'm still waiting for you to cite an actual source of information. I will no doubt wait in perpetuity.

This one goes to eleven, you impotent numbskull.

Sweet! I've also wanted Compiz to work well on Linux. Looks like it's shaping up to be a great distro.

It would be cool to see a 3D file browser, too.

Your post is an extreme example of Dunning–Kruger. Just because you know how to type doesn't mean you understand economics.

That is completely untrue. Where are you getting your misinformation?

Fraud isn't a hack. Fraud goes on in banking, and has nothing to do with online security. It is true that nothing is hack proof. You are missing the point. This isn't happening because there is no security. It is happening because there is low hanging fruit.

Don't sell yourself short. You've come from there is no such thing as AI to and it can't do possibly do what it definitely does as the way to "it has some uses" in just a few years. While you are only a few years slow on the uptake I'm thoroughly convinced that I'm just a couple more years you can get yourself to the point where your understanding is only a decade behind the curve.

The market doesn't optimize for profit in the short term or in the long term.

In economics, there are two curves: a supply curve, and a demand curve. In a free market, they meet at equilibrium.

It's not about the USA. It is not about Trump. It is not about you. Try to not make every single situation America-centric, you self-centered twat.

A minority in Japan really really wants nuclear weapons. The majority doesn't. By "leaving the door open" she is able to appease the minority while not being rejected by the majority. Japanese politics is full of double-speak of this type. If you turned off your American-centric worldview, you might know this. Again: not everything is about you.

This is worth repeating. In addition, Google pushed people hard to install Chrome by nagging you every time you visited one of their websites.

Exactly. That's how we know AI is just hype and will not last, the same way that happened with online commerce!

You are going to go a long way in your quest to understand and have a clue about AI, because you've got a long way to go.

I didn't realize it was so heavy.