I sincerely doubt that. So much critical infrastructure is running on antiquated hardware and requires human involvement, not just supervision.
How is AI supposed to function when it kills the data center power grid people making sure the data center hosting it runs smoothly?
There’s not a chance of an awakened ai genocide happening in the next 20 years. And anything short of a genocidal awakening will most definitely not kill all humans.
I have little against the local translation feature, especially given the fact it isn’t bundled but a seperate download.
That being said, there are higher priorities, like better history and bookmarks, because the current sidebars are 20+ years old and it shows. Chrome has had it figured out for 10 years straight now.
The right way for AI features would be to partner with outside orgs and projects. As you said, they’re a waste of development time. And given how much low hanging fruit there is, there’s no justification for following AI trends instead of doing basic UX hygiene.
It’s actually a good idea to do something more distinctive than just your name in cursive
While i don’t nexessarily disagree with that, just signing your full name in cursive may actually be better than something overimplified. The longer it is, the easier to interpret the handwriting (and harder to fake).
I’d wager that going into something gimmicky like including heart or a bird in your signature would only make it less foolproof. When, say, a bank teller checks their clients’ signature against the one on file, they’re more likely to focus more on the gimmick and less on the habdwriting. And if you shorten your signature as well, that’s an even larger issue.
The same problem applies even if you report something and an analyst is called. You just made the analyst’s job harder and the imposter’s job easier.
As long as it’s profit, not revenue, even 50% is little.
Once it’s revenue and they’re in the red will the fine be more than a regular business expense.
The alarm is fucking stupid on some models.
I will not put on my seatbelt when I take the car out of the garage for a wash 2 feet in front of it.
I would also like the car to be “smart” enough not to beep that it’s in reverse before I had the chance to change it out of reverse myself. And of course, the tone is a 120hz sine wave and way too loud. Great to calm the nerves right before work or a long road trip.
And you know what’s the bonus point? The headlight on alarm is quiet like a fucking lullaby. Of course my battery died once.
I can guarantee the tones being as loud and obnoxious as they are is the reason people turn them off or buy those clamps to fake wearing a seatbelt.
Even when people use them, they do, they annoy and distract. Which causes accidents.
I’m not going to claim that they cause more accidents than they prevent, but I will claim that these are the most preventable accidents as they are actively caused by literal safety features!
I have quite a few issues with modern cars. Most I’ve had the opportunity to be in are asinine.
Important, rare warnings get lullaby tones, while the most common ones sound like someone’s actively dying on life support.
One had the genius behavior of showing a large ice detected message that took up the entire dashboard and hid away all the dials.
Most also show a tutorial for how to start the damn thing, as if it in any way differs from any other car. And as if you don’t need to pass a practical exam before driving it.
Honestly, as bad as it is, there might be one good effect: apps and software will get less bloated and spec-hungry.
It is like replacing an aggressive cancer with a congenital heart issue though. Both are terrible in their own and unique ways and choosing the worse option isn’t all that sensible of an ask.
Well, most people should. I already do, for one.
Yup. Government has businesses by the balls.
But corruption exists.
Therefore the goverment only ever really pulls small businesses and normal people by the balls, while the big businesses and uber rich (money heavyweights) get to pull the government by the tongue. Sometimes even the balls as well.
Just as Supply Side Jesus intended.
the total wackjob who thinks you need a midnight or 5 am meeting to watch a 10 minute video recording
I’m usually all for rehabilitation, but this behaviour deserves Gitmo-level torture.
shool supplies and gifts
We don’t have that tradition so I get chills at the month of hyperactivity and bad teeth I can imagine. Especially if that cone is 100% candy.
I can remember my own coversations myself, thanks.
And what I feel I might both need and forget I’ll write down Either on the phone or using pen and paper.
I don’t think you’re supposed to eat them.
At least for me, Pepsi-sogged pasta doesn’t sound all that appetizing.
Come on.
Offline-only is privacy-respecting. Accessibility is a noble goal.
All in all, if there’s an AI usecase that’s as morally acceptable as it gets, it’s this one.
I get that it’s Ubuntu of all people, but even Big Tech produces some ideas every now and then that FOSS lovers can get behind and democratize!
Sorry if you felt it as criticism, I just meant to say “yup, I already know”.
I also wanted to point out that it’s a necessary evil and that I’m personally fine with it (so yeah, I guess it’s a counterargument of sorts, but I also feel we’re agreeing on pretty much all of it as well)
Edit: Thank you for answering my question about the German court hierarchy in the first place, I forgot my manners there for a bit!
I think the issue you described is present in most all legal systems.
Also, certain aspects are a necessary evil (right to appeal is sacred, as is serious consideration). Money and pingpinging however are valid complaints.
Also, I’d rather have my justice slow (when there’s no immidiate harm) and done by humans than by AI. If nothing else, humans can be held accountable. Alternatives cannot. And luckily, the enlightened were on the right track with the model legal system they built.
But how high does the court hierarchy go?
City court, county court, state (Bundesland) court, national (supreme?) court? ECHR seems like it’s off the table.
AFAIK in every place parties to a suit can escalate appeals through all levels. Google (ab)using this power isn’t all that nice for plaintiffs, but it is a cornerstone of an impartial justice system.
Sidenote: all 4 include plastic.
Well one person can (in their eyes) look at 5+ self checkouts.
They can still physically do checkout on only one register.
And the entire point of these supervisors isn’t (just) to make sure people don’t take something without checking it out.
It’s to have someone to blame.
Because if the company can’t find out who did it (the customer), yoi can bet they’ll know which of the supervisors is “responsible”. The company’ll pay out that way instead.
Some “smarter” store managers might double-dip and pocket the costs. Definitely a logical personal finance move for some morally challenged.
I’d like to hijack your comment for a quick PSA for today’s lucky 10000, even though I doubt many of them hang around these parts of the web.
The compatibility issues aren’t the alternative’s faults. Rather, the cause is Microsoft playing dirty.
Microsoft Office silently breaks compatibility with its own self-made document format (the so-called “Open Office XML”). They made the public standard and switched to it around 2010, and yet they still sometimes just… stray from the standard.
Since most everyone uses MS Office, people’s first instinct is to doubt the small player for being bad, underfunded, low quality or whatever else instead of doubting MS for playing dirty. The entire tactic reads like a slightly modified Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.