Plot twist: And they’ll still pack their passengers like sardines.

It’s the old spam problem again. Spammers pass the cost of their customers to their victims, while AI bots pass the cost of their crawling to the sites they crawl (without authorization).

I see no easy solution for this.

I can testify on that.

In the last two years, I’ve discovered VTubers and streamers in general.

I’ve discovered Geega’s tech talks, Deme’s videogame playthroughs, Michi Mochievee’s amazing (and shocking) IRL lore, VShojo group gaming sessions, Dokibird’s third wheel viral video, Ironmouse’s gremlin moments with Connor, Melody getting raided at the most inopportune times, Henya’s Minecraft trolling exploits, Vedal and Camila’s hopecore video, Neuro-sama’s singing and otherwise general roasting comments on human VTubers, and wholesome gaming streamers like Beacon of Nick.

Not to mention a number of woodworking youtubers teaching about, or otherwise making mistakes when building or restoring furniture.

There’s content for everyone, and traditional TV doesn’t even come close.

It’s like stepping out of a boring office into Alice’s Wonderland.

The creativity is out there and it’s a joy to see what can be without corporate meddling.

Why would they even want money from a fixed pool?

Give them percentages of the sales.

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Interesting.

Now if they plugged this into an intelligent agent powered by expert systems instead of a conversational parrot we might start to have actual futuristic AI applications.

Civility is what is demanded of the oppressed after the oppressors robbed, assaulted and threatened. No more. ✊

Oh fuck off, bootlicker.

A 500-watt electric pump serves as the robot’s “heart,” pushing fluid at 40 standard liters per minute.

As usual, when you read the article you stumble upon a gigantic technical hurdle. 😕

EDIT: And I’m not against the technology. I’m all for prosthetics and humanoid robots for menial work.

Just imagine the possibilities if full human-pike prosthetics are developed. Think of people who have lost their arms or legs, suddenly being able to walk again.

(And of course, applied robotics for sex bots 😉)

following its acquisition from Sony

Has anything good EVER come from big company acquisitions AT ALL?

Geocities -> acquired by Yahoo -> crap -> death

Youtube -> acquired by Google -> ad crap

Blogger -> acquired by Google -> crap

Macromedia -> acquired by Adobe -> Monopoly crap

Washington Post -> acquired by Bezos -> political crap

MySQL -> Acquired by Oracle -> copyright crap

Github -> acquired by Microsoft -> crap

Reddit -> acquired by Conde Nast -> political crap

Twitter -> acquired by Musk -> utter crap

Every single time I see a cool startup get bought by a big player, all I can see is the service going to shit.

That doesn’t drive the problem of autopilot not taking the right choices. What is the driver wasn’t drunk, but they had a heart attack? What if someone put a roofie on their drink? What if the driver was diabetic or hypoglycemic and suffered a blood glucose fall? What if they had a stroke?

Furthermore, what if the driver got drunk BECAUSE the car’s AI was advertised as being able to drive for you? Think of false publicity.

If your AI can’t handle one simple case of a driver being unresponsive, that’s negligence on the company’s part.

This might be the beginning of the end for Putin. They’re going to “retire” him, if you know what I mean.

youtube shorts. A friend described them as a “time vampire”.

“Lesbian.” I don’t hate the word, but the fact that it is considered dirty. Why is “brunette” or “blonde” perfectly acceptable, but “lesbian” or “gay” aren’t?

Good riddance.

I’m trans and I like Sci Fi.

• Ace Attorney: Gyakuten meets orchestra
• Ace Attorney: Turnabout Jazz Soul
• Any Castlevania soundtrack

Only if they pay for their own instance.

The year is 2020.

Covid was in full force, and we were suddenly assigned impossible tasks in very little time. Not to mention we hadn’t been given a raise in more than 2 years, not because the company finances were bad, but because the owner was a greedy bastard.

Then one person decided to quit. And another. And another.

What did the owner do? Raise salaries to keep the personnel? No, he let them leave and loaded all the work onto us.

I decided I wouldn’t be the one crushed by that load, so I was the next to leave. Bye bye.

Why doesn’t it surprise me that Elon didn’t give a shit about his neighbors?