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AD says

HeadSet says

as my house is midway between Norfolk and Richmond

Williamsburg or Yorktown ?

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Williamsburg

RWSGFY says

Many may just want AI to earn them money so they can hire people to do their laundry and dishes.

RWSGFY says

That the Bay Bridge under construction? Because it was built before WW2.

Is saying something intelligent by accident considered artificial intelligence?

HeadSet says

I put a large antenna in my attic and I get about 60 over the air digital channels

the problem I have with a system like that is I would only get to choose from whatever is on at the moment which would be nothing I would want to watch anyways.

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

RWSGFY says

That the Bay Bridge under construction? Because it was built before WW2.

Most likely 1934-35. The carrier closest to the viewer is USS Lexington (built in the mid-1920's, sunk in 1942). The heavy cruiser to its right rear is likely USS San Francisco (commissioned in early 1934) with its tripod mast (New Orleans Class). The other two big ships are battleships of the "Standard Type" built late in WW1 and early 1920's, with their original "cage masts" before later modifications in the late 1930's and WW2.

Artificial Intelligence is the new hype. Its like a carnival barker mentality.

Every bubble has some type of hype. Go back as "recent" as the dot.com and internet stocks bubble of 2000 and look at they hysteria-level hype back then.

Just look at how rich Mark Cuban got with Broadcast.com being bought by Yahoo for around $5.3 billion around 1999, and then a few years later Yahoo shuts it down.

At least this time the "hype stocks" like AMZN and GOOGL are making money as compared to the likes of Garden.com and Pets.com.

Are you all seeing anything on the virtual horizon to give any insight on what the next hype will be ?

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DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

RWSGFY says

That the Bay Bridge under construction? Because it was built before WW2.

That's the point: it can't be WWII-era photo as the caption suggests.

AD says

Artificial Intelligence is the new hype. Its like a carnival barker mentality.

Every bubble has some type of hype.

Web -> E-commerce -> Apps -> Data-driven -> Big Data -> Gig economy -> Cloud -> Self-driving -> VR/AR/Metaverse -> LLM/ Generative AI -> ....

So I called into my pharmacy to renew a prescription. Of course an automated “customer service” system. Their voice recognition capability surprisngly had regressed to the 1990’s. Four times it fucked up recognizing my ID number. Never had done that before. Finally I said “Agent” and got a live person. When I complained about this, he said, “Oh yes, we have implemented a new AI system. It will take some time for it to learn, but it will get better.”

What The Fuck!!!

RWSGFY says

Death traps. I have my head on a swivel in the golf cart and in town speed limit is 25mph. Could it save me? I don't know, but I at least have the metal for the roof on the cart to prevent rolling multiple times.

I do see these being an option in suburbs, but not cities. Better off using bike lanes with an ebike in cities. Either way cost is the issue. Lithium batteries ain't cheap. Same thing ICE is probably half the cost.

Al_Sharpton_for_President says

So I called into my pharmacy to renew a prescription. Of course an automated “customer service” system.

I just punch zero a bunch of times on most systems. Also, unless it's life saving, get off the prescription. 90% of them you don't need that cannot be fixed with lifestyle changes. Not a judgement and don't care to know the ailment. I went on anti anxiety meds for a month and quit. I was sleeping or 10-12 hours a day so I couldn't have anxiety and then would wake up with MORE anxiety because I didn't get done what I needed to.

Unless it's to keep the heart pumping and lungs breathing, or to fight cancer, I'm not sure what prescription I'd need. AI is bull shit is the point after the rant. I just put my oldest on the phone until he gets a human on the phone then hands it off to me. He thinks of it as a game. By adulthood he'll be a level 10 troll.

RWSGFY says

Invented by someone who lives someplace where it doesn't rain much is the first thing that comes to mind.

zzyzzx says

RWSGFY says

Invented by someone who lives someplace where it doesn't rain much is the first thing that comes to mind.

Look closely.

RWSGFY says

Look closely.

Hahahahaha!

I saw it before. But didn't associate it with the context of this thread. I was caught up in thinking, "Another EVtarded waste of investment money. Just look at those handlebars!"

WookieMan & zzyzzx fell for it, too.

zzyzzx says

Invented by someone who lives someplace where it doesn't rain much is the first thing that comes to mind.

Get t-boned by my SUV when you blow a stop sign and 100% be dead. I'll need a new bumper.

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

WookieMan & zzyzzx fell for it, too.

You do know planes have two yolks? Similar concept and would be easier to drive on left side driving or right side. You have two options. It's a good idea, but you'll die if hit.

The rain thing too.

We didn't fall for anything. It would be able to be sold in about 100% of countries outside of safety concerns like highway driving. I don't like EV's but it's a logical commuter that could be sold in dry urban areas. 10-20 miles max.

WookieMan says

Get t-boned by my SUV when you blow a stop sign and 100% be dead. I'll need a new bumper.

It's not real.

It's as real as these: