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dfxm12on As A.I. Makes Law Firms More Efficient, Clients Ask: 'Where's My Discount?'

Setting aside the unreliability of AI, healthcare is already expensive and confusing. It's hard to know what's covered or not ahead of time and it sucks to feel nickel and dimed on something that is already so expensive, especially when you consider we are not trained medical professionals, so we can't really have an informed opinion on what this is really worth...

dfxm12on When did Google get so weird?

The more simple explanation is that the current government in power is over exposed in their AI investment. The normal conservative mainstream media was already doing a great job of propagandizing older populations.

dfxm12on When did Google get so weird?

And it's going to get worse over time (kinda like how Google search results got worse over time) as ads get introduced and people try to game the ai response. General purpose AI chatbots are a waste.

dfxm12on Allow Carriers on Planes

Do you have any evidence on this? As a personal anecdote, driving is as much a hassle if not more than flying, depending on the distance. I care more about cost first and time second. Even if you buffer in getting to the airport 2 hours early, flying is almost certainly the fastest (compared to driving and train, if available) unless you're flying from like, bos -> nyc. Security at airports hasnt felt like a hassle for me in years (at least the past six years).

I had two recent trips to the same destination. I drove once because it was so much cheaper (during the world cup when air fare was jacked up) compared to the train or flying. I flew the other time, because it was only a little more expensive and flying is faster and less of a hassle, actually.

Additionally, given the article talks about families, the cost comes down a lot with multiple people in one car vs multiple plane tickets. If we want to make travel safer by putting fewer cars on the road, make alternatives cheaper. They're already more convenient to me...

dfxm12on Uproar in France over award-winning author accused of using AI

It's hard to think this isn't anything but targeted

By whom?

A simpler (and easy to think of) explanation is normal systemic racism. Black writers are likely underrepresented in the training data begin with, so the models assume Black writing can't be real.

dfxm12on The Mafia may be keeping fentanyl out of Italy

Tell this to junk food manufacturers...

dfxm12on California is chasing wealth that has feet

you spend your money to just get around paying your small share

I wonder how much they spend on lobbying compared to what their tax bill would be.

Comedic article related: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-will-pay-any-amount-to...

dfxm12on OpenAI is enlisting an influencer army to make it look 'good for the world'

These are all regulated in ways openai (or ai in general) isn't. Many of which have specific regulations around advertising.

dfxm12on Pentagon says overreliance on AI contributed to missile strike on Iran school

They'll probably be dead by then. It's nihilistic. After us, the deluge...

dfxm12on US troop deaths during Iran war exceed Pentagon count by at least four

It'll remain bad unless these people face the proper punishment for selling out the country.

dfxm12on US troop deaths during Iran war exceed Pentagon count by at least four

Trump was president before. People didn't vote for him a second time if they wanted to improve the economy.

dfxm12on US troop deaths during Iran war exceed Pentagon count by at least four

It's 2016. Candidate Trump rails on Bush and his decision to get involved in Iraq.

He's not just a liar. He sold out his country.

dfxm12on There's no point at which turning your brain off will work

If the only metrics your managers have on your Claude usage is visual inspection/conversational, I think you'll be ok...

dfxm12on More than 100k people in Japan are now aged 100 or older

From experience, elder care is more of a drain on the younger family members than the elder. It's not just financial either. Needing to take off from work to take the elderly somewhere, making sure they understand the medical situation, etc. Every country/situation is different though. Maybe pensioners in France can afford their own care, but I'm assuming they can't drive themselves to the doctor.

dfxm12on Lucasart's Afterlife

What I like about sim city 2K is that it is like an arcade sim game. It is super easy to get up and running without too much prior knowledge. You can build a successful city without reading through the manual.

I also like that there's no ending. Maybe this makes it "easy", but it promotes setting specific goals for yourself and exploration rather than going through certain expected motions to meet a preset goal. But there are the scenarios for people who like a preset challenge.

dfxm12on EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'

It doesn't need to be a trump like figure. I would temper expectations that anything for Europe or Canada goes back to some status quo. It's more likely for Canada, but the US has changes domestically and with regards to other foreign nations in ways that necessitate different foreign relations even with close allies.

We can look at Biden. He's not a trump like figure by any stretch. He decided to continue some of Trump's foreign policy.

dfxm12on AI 'kill switch' may need to be mandatory, Anthropic co-founder tells BBC

AI is already proven dangerous enough to be ruining individual lives, pushing people towards suicide, feeding their psychoses, etc.

However, whether the concerns from the article are a lie or not is secondary to the fact that these conversations are convenient for AI companies. These types of discussions serve AI companies in a few ways: A company owned kill switch gives them leverage. Altman is using discussions around safety as an excuse for not being ready for an IPO yet. It also provides free marketing that overstates the abilities of AI.

dfxm12on Big AI sets out its terms for regulatory capture

I don't think Amodei is dumb. He just doesn't want to compete for the chips. Sinophobia sells right now, so this is the angle he's going with.

dfxm12on Mark Zuckerberg: "Cambridge Analytica" (2017)

The spot the US is in now with regards to political polarization started well before this, perhaps with the end of the fairness doctrine. After that, conservative interests were allowed to consolidate ownership of media outlets, like talk radio stations. This then led to consolidation of newspapers, local and cable news and even social media.

dfxm12on Why are AI agents lying, cheating and coordinating?

Power tools and many other consumer products have reasonable safety features built in, and not necessarily because it is required by regulation, but because it is common sense. This should be included as part of an analogy. It would also address a point at the top of this thread that seems to be going unchallenged...

dfxm12on Hot coffee could cause oesophageal cancer

This new investigation is an analysis of data on the tea- and coffee-drinking habits of nearly 1m adults in Britain. Those who said they preferred their beverages “hot” or “very hot” rather than “warm”, it found, had an increased risk of subsequently developing a type of oesophageal cancer that is called squamous-cell carcinoma.

Headline seems somewhat spurious...

dfxm12on Growing proof that autonomous cars save lives

Where you live there are also no autonomous cars either though. Car services can pop up much more quickly/easily. This is capitalism. If there's money to be made, people will make it! OK, if you live in an area where they don't deliver mail, first, please understand that this is already an outlier of a situation for an outlier of a situation. In the context of elderly people living on their own, if my mother lived on her own in such a place, thinking about her driving would not even be close to the top of my concerns.

dfxm12on Growing proof that autonomous cars save lives

It's sad we don't have a better way for people in these situations to do what they need without driving. It will be incredible to have autonomous driving just for older and or disabled drivers like this.

We likely do. First and foremost, services already exist to have people driven to places, like uber, taxis and public transport. Other possibilities to help them do what they need to do include: neighbors, family, door dash, the mail, nurses, moving to assisted living, etc.

dfxm12on Ask HN: 3.5 inch diskette read errors, would a period correct drive do better?

My goal is to get more of this good DOS and early Windows educational software working for my children.

FYI, you can play in the browser on Internet archive: /msdos_Super_Solvers_Spellbound_1993

That meets your stated goal.

A more fun solution might be a Mister. If you're unfamiliar, it's like a hardware emulator. I've been playing gizmos and gadgets on it. If you really want the feeling of swapping disks, I have my Mister installed in a Macintosh iisi case asking with an nfc reader. I put nfc tags on old blank floppies so that when I insert the disk into the case, the nfc reader reads it and software (zaparoo) loads the game based on the tag...

dfxm12on Making Teenagers Read Newspapers. A Nationwide Experiment in French High Schools

I used to get the newspaper everyday before highschool. I mostly got it for sports, comics and puzzles, but many days I ended up reading it cover to cover. Unfortunately, that paper folded while I was in college. Hopefully, this is a good program for highschoolers and newspapers both...

dfxm12on 216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]

It's probably both, vis a vis negligence. I just wish it was treated as criminal negligence. This will continue as long as CEO's face no real punishment for mishandling PII.

dfxm12on 216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]

Would be even better if the federal government made it illegal.

dfxm12on John Margolies' photographs of roadside America

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017712086/

Full moon over Margate.

dfxm12on Bing Wallpaper showing Ad for Harry Potter and Fantastic beasts box set

I don't mind dumb ads (no tracking, etc), but it comes down to enshittification. Microsoft is making money at our expense.

dfxm12on Bill Gates tries to install MovieMaker (2003)

Based on my interactions with Microsoft support, it makes me feel a little better that I get the same treatment as the CEO.