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Ahhhh but cancer treatment has gotten significantly better over the last 50 years.

Cancer research has a half-decent feedback mechanism that means fads eventually have to prove themselves or die out.


I suspect it is the feedback from the stricter compiler, not differences in training data between python and rust

> I feel like 20 or 30 years ago, the average person seemed to have more disposable income.

Big if true but is it true?


Totally - the (useful) economic models they are bringing are being extrapolated into very unusual territory!

If AIs become smart enough to outperform a critical mass of humans across the board, that's the singularity and whilst the economic model says all humans out of jobs means no consumers, the model isn't really valid anymore because the underlying assumptions are just broken too, so you can't take the model too seriously. Obviously it would be very disruptive but the demand destruction economic model just isn't making useful predictions anymore.

It's satirical argument against claims that computers will never be as intelligent as humans.


Also.. submitted 31 Mar 2017 17:14:39 UTC


I enjoy having a DVD player for the kids, it makes curating their options so much easier.


Thankyou, this is the comment I came here for - advice on alternatives!


Yes, it is much easier to train someone to use AI than to train them to have sufficiently baked-in math and language skills to be able to leverage the AI.


Integration of the air cooling and water heating. For example, I have a air conditioner pumping heat out of my house right next to a box that's putting heat into the water coming into my house.


Ah it does ac on top, neat. Thanks!


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