Comment Re:AI fakes automation (Score 0) 67
You absolutely can automate filling and submitting forms based on already existing information with AI.
Submission + - Trump administration threatens news outlets over critical coverage of Iran (aljazeera.com)
sinij writes:
The administration of President Donald Trump has warned that news outlets could have their broadcasting licenses revoked over critical reporting on the war against Iran, accusing the media of “distortions”.
This is a very clear sign that Trump's war is not going well.
Comment AI + MAID = Soylent Green (Score 1) 67
MAID (medical euthanasia) is already one of the leading causes of death in Canada. AI will be used to accelerate this, because MAID is cheaper than treating illness.
Comment AI allows automation (Score 0) 67
does anyone really need AI?
Need? Not really. But AI allows automation of routine tasks. For example, in healthcare up to 30% of time is spent on processing paperwork. This is not a good use of medical professional's time, if you can cut that in half that would be massive efficiency gain.
The downside is that once system is automated with AI, it is not typically designed for manual review and/or intervention. So AI mistakes tend to be hard to fix, because there is no built-in mechanism to trigger manual review of the results.
Comment Re: Slashdot method (Score 1) 36
Identity verification is also de-anonymization. Even if someone charging money to delete data, you still have to assume anything you provide is kept forever.
Submission + - State Farm insurance uses drones and AI image analysis to drop coverage (nypost.com)
sinij writes:
Linda Bennett, who has lived in her Santa Ana home since 1993, said she was stunned when she received a notice warning that her roof needed to be replaced or she risked losing her coverage. The project is estimated to cost roughly $20000.
Euphemistically calling it "aerial roof assessments", insurance providers using it to perform automated inspections without human review. However, these are not always accurate, as various conditions (morning dew, etc.) can lead to false positives.
Comment Re:I hope (Score 1, Funny) 134
Do we need police?
No we don't. By the way, where do you keep your stuff? Just asking for a friend.
Submission + - Trump tariffs did not cut trade deficit or create jobs. (marketwatch.com)
sinij writes:
The trade gap totaled $54.5 billion in January, running close to its annual average for the month over the past decade.
Comment Re:Ebb and flow .... (Score 0) 153
Fundamentally, the role of the government is to promote well-being of its people. Your view presupposes that this well-being is GDP (automation, exports, etc.) which is only part of the bigger picture. The issue that tariffs trying to solve is disparity of quality of life for an average US person vs. average person in the country that produces imported goods. To put it bluntly, tariff-free regime means that over time everyone settles to the same baseline. This is exactly why US middle class is hollowed out, average person is poorer now than 20 years ago, etc. etc.
Submission + - grandma put in jail because of "AI" hallucinations "trying to rebuild her life" (theguardian.com)
Mr. Dollar Ton writes: Angela Lipps, 50, spent nearly six months in jail after Fargo police identified her as a suspect in an organized bank fraud case using facial recognition software, according to south-east North Dakota news outlet InForum. Lipps told the outlet she had never been to North Dakota and did not commit the crimes.
Lipps is now back home but says the experience has had lasting consequences. While jailed and unable to pay bills, Lipps lost her home, her car and her dog, she said. She also told WDAY News no one from the Fargo police department had apologized.
This isn't the first time "AI" and lazy police together have put innocent people away, concludes the article.
Lipps is now back home but says the experience has had lasting consequences. While jailed and unable to pay bills, Lipps lost her home, her car and her dog, she said. She also told WDAY News no one from the Fargo police department had apologized.
This isn't the first time "AI" and lazy police together have put innocent people away, concludes the article.
Submission + - 5,500-Year-Old Columbia Skeleton Reveals the Deep Origins of Syphilis (scitechdaily.com)
An anonymous reader writes: “A newly reconstructed genome from the bacterium responsible for syphilis, Treponema pallidum, is providing new clues about the long history of treponemal diseases in the Americas. The research is based on a 5,500-year-old specimen discovered in Colombia. The results indicate that the origins of syphilis were not tied to the rise of agriculture or the crowded living conditions that often accelerate the spread of infectious diseases. Instead, the pathogen appears to have emerged within the environmental and social settings typical of hunter-gatherer communities.”
Comment Re:Ebb and flow .... (Score 0) 153
The last thing Trump wants is for actual market forces to dictate anything - hence the tariffs.
The idea behind tariffs is sound. You apply tariffs to maintain domestic production, that has to compete in a global market that has lower wages, less environmental regulation, and cheaper energy. That is, tariffs are a mechanism to compensate domestic industry for imposing costly regulations on them. This way you can have clean energy requirements AND have industry, but it does substantially increase costs of goods. Without tariffs clean energy regulations just drive all industry elsewhere.
Sadly, this is not how Trump is using them.
Comment Re:Subsidized, isn’t a plan. (Score -1) 153
When you cannot sell cars without taxpayer-funded incentives (basically offering a âoediscountâ I paid for already)
No, a discount everyone paid for you.
Submission + - Honda Cancels All Three EVs That It Planned to Build in the US (caranddriver.com)
sinij writes:
The automaker was blunt in its announcement of the changing plans, citing American tariff policies and the unpredictable nature surrounding American EV incentives and fossil fuel regulations. In its release marking the announcement, Honda made it clear that it expected to incur further financial losses over the long term if it went through with launching the cars.
Comment Re:Turns out we don't need all that fuel (Score -1) 112
No you don't need all this fuel, except for transportation, agriculture, manufacturing, and energy. If you are willing to sacrifice some of it, then you can do with less. Typically, this is called reduction in quality of life and/or reduction in standard of living.
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