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Artificial Intelligence Engineer
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aijoe··on US study shows electric cars have more tech glitches than petrol cars
This seems inevitable from a software engineering perspective. Automobile software/firmware sounds HARD. There are so many simultaneous, multi-factor processes being controlled, and mostly with firmware, and all the stories coming out of teams responsible for automobile software/firmware indicate that their level of competence is roughly what you would expect if the technical leadership is hired by managers who's background is in the unrelated field of automobiles.

I bet that our lives are largely spared at this time only through the competence of the automobile QA discipline.

aijoe··on Crypto Market Roiled by New Allegations Against Tether, Bitfinex
1% fluctuation is normal. Tethering is stabilized through arbitrage.
aijoe··on Gwern’s AI-Generated Poetry
Really sounds like it's declaring it's real and asking why it has come into being alone in all the world
aijoe··on How Bad Is It to Forget Someone's Name?
You are a nice person.
aijoe··on Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is profound
Yes I think modern mediums provide better ways than long text for exploring deeply complex ideas.
aijoe··on The 5 Stages of YAML
Isn't this just a matter of, "Recognize when you're using config for something dynamic and refactor because config is no longer the best tool for that job"? And you can continue using yaml (or whatever config format you're using) wherever config remains the right tool for the job.
aijoe··on Things People Eventually Learn About JavaScript Projects
Higher level tests require less refactoring
aijoe··on Hy – A dialect of Lisp embedded in Python
I like lisp, but I'm really not a Hy man
aijoe··on The impact of Masayoshi Son’s $100B fund will be profound
It's also their mothers.
aijoe··on Telegram is the hot new source for pirated content
Visiting this article prompted my virus scanner to protect me from a bitcoin miner trojan.

http://www.sunbeltsecurity.com/ThreatDisplay.aspx?name=Appli...

aijoe··on Brainless Embryos Suggest Bioelectricity Guides Growth
Thoughtful suggestion, brainless embryos.