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dumpitdog t1_j9onvn2 wrote

Russia/Soviets invented a lot of amazing technology which they could not capitalize on either. I have no respect for their ability to commercialize their tech as they seem to be incapable of producing commercial grade software and other. Didn't they just close their AI research facility in Edmonton?

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ychuck46 t1_j9oky8z wrote

While quantum computers can tackle jobs that would take traditional computing much longer to solve, the main issue for me is that they can be prone to errors, and potentially lots of errors. Would you want your doctor to work with a quantum computing device while performing surgery on you? "We were expected to take out a kidney but instead the computer had us remove your penis. Sorry about that". How about putting a man or woman on the moon? "Gee, we almost got it right, but unfortunately since we were using a quantum computer the astronauts are floating off into the endless reaches of space since we didn't stick that landing trajectory".

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ItsAConspiracy t1_j9okjp5 wrote

People in businesses will write out some bullet points and an AI will expand them into essays.

On the other end, people without the time to read much will have an AI summarize those essays in bullet points.

After a half century or so, everyone will get it through their thick heads that this is stupidly inefficient and just exchange the bullet points.

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Unexpected_Cranberry t1_j9ojrx8 wrote

Yeah, I was thinking the same after playing a bit with Bing's chat mode. It was more useful before they limited it, but it's still fairly useful.

I could easily see an AI handling a lot of lvl1 cases. Especially if it gets access to some logging and can perform operations such as password resets and the like. Properly configured it will probably be faster and more reliable than a human in a lot of cases.

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novelexistence t1_j9ojlfm wrote

There is no risk. The court will rule in favor of the tech companies. I'm surprised they even were willing to listen to this case from this perspective. It's almost like they have an agenda to give more power to tech companies.

The case should have not be heard to begin with from the fame of reference it's being presented.

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enderverse87 t1_j9oiewq wrote

>I’ve never felt romantic attraction and I’d like to experience it one day. Could this be possible, or is it just science fiction?

That's more likely to be altered with chemicals rather than surgery.

It's also possible you have felt it but weren't able to recognize or label the emotion properly. That's also common.

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