Do you even know your checks and balances?
This is not about government, it's about court. Facebook only has to pay because individuals (or in that case, a privacy organisation) decided to sue Facebook
“Most real-world strategic interactions involve hidden information"
"Tay’s objective was to engage people, and it did. “What unfortunately Tay discovered,” Domingos said, “is that the best way to maximize engagement is to spew out racist insults.”"
So, even if the next Tay has "behave in a civilised manner" as a objective function, it will be hard to implement as the ethical rules we presume in reality are not written out as the rules of a video game. In fact, they involve many grey areas and not so many strict right-or-wrong-statements.
That's actually a point the author makes - he sees an AI as a tool for the artist, not as an creative subject on its own.
I found it highly interesting to read about a writer's perspective on text producing AIs. Especially the part where its output suddenly was "I don't know what you want me to do".
Part 2 - where he presents a sci-fi short film with a plot written by AI - is also a interesting read.
That's actually a point the author makes - he sees AIs as a tool for the author, not as a author itself.
I found it highly interesting to read about a writer's perspective on text producing AIs. Especially the part where its output suddenly was "I don't know what you want me to do".
Part 2 - where he presents a sci-fi short film with a plot written by AI - is also a interesting read.
"It’s not merely an emotional something. Love is creative, understanding goodwill for all men. It is the refusal to defeat any individual. When you rise to the level of love, of its great beauty and power, you seek only to defeat evil systems. Individuals who happen to be caught up in that system, you love, but you seek to defeat the system."
I think that a women quota is useful in cases where the proportion of female (one could also insert specific cultural backgrounds here) possible applicants for a role (be it junior or leader) is much higher than the proportion in the actual role. For instance, in theatres or hospitals in Germany, a large part of the employees is female whilst the bosses tend to be male. You cannot argue with "but better candidates will be turned down just because they are male" because obviously, the criteria for choosing are heavily unbalanced already.
It's harder to determine whether a quota is useful in jobs the reason for not choosing women might be women not applying for the job. But we won't solve the matter by hating each other over the cause. Let's try to be critical, yet empathic.
It means that this statement:
"Apple wants their customers to feel like someone has their back"
might be applied to Google, too, to a more limited degree.
My prediction is that this is wrong. They'll be able to understand widely used terms, but once you start speaking in a more creative way it will fail. At least if there is no change in the construction of AI - because the subtleties of everyday language are not 'understandable' just via empirics.
Reading tip: Douglas Hofstadter's article "The Shallowness of Google Translate".
Let's agree about the premise that a objective reality exists. Still, the problem persists - we do not know anything about this objective reality or more accurately said, we can not know whether our subjective perception of reality matches this objective reality.
There is no way to find out as we are bound to our limited senses.
I'd recommend reading "On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense" by Nietzsche.
"and we can tell which is which" - I doubt that. You think you can, but others will disagree on your truth. So how do we determine who is right?
Yes, it's a philosophical discussion, but therefore no less relevant.
I'm very glad I'm not a student in the USA. In Germany, almost all universities are owned by the state, which means study fees are about 700€ per year - transportation ticket already being covered.
And if your parents have low income, the state will give you a grant of which you'll have to pay back only by half.
I know that this might be a unpopular opinion over here, but there are a lot of fields which are important for a society while offering a relatively low income. In USA's system, these become luxury goods. Fields like Ecology, philosophy, history, education or cultural studies suffer.
I find the idea "it doesn't yield a lot of money, thus it's useless" weird, but that might be a cultural difference.
I should have noted that I already know about that one and the harry potter fanfiction (that was actually a collaboration of authors and AI, which is why the text makes more sense). Thank you anyway!
That doesn't solve the problem that Google still constantly knows where I am (as long as my OS is Android). Wasn't there an article hinting that our smartphones even track GPS when it's disabled?
Also, I'm quite surprised to live in a time where having to manually type an address is considered a problem.
I'd highlight that these thoughts did not produce your depression, but your depression produces these thoughts.
I end up believing similar perspectives on life when I'm stuck too deep in depression, too.
If you want to be happier again, work on the root of your grief. With the help of a professional, at best.
That's an individual experience, not scientific proof. An experience limited to school kids of a certain age and location who share their problems with your wife.