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I remember when people used to joke that WebMD would tell you that you've got cancer or are dying...

They are probably the same people who googled their symptoms and deduced that their light cough was a rare tropical disease they somehow...

I disagree but I think there is some plausibility to this claim and I don't want to stray into politics, so +1.

You say that as if changing the dietary choices of an entire culture should be easier than changing the energy use patterns of a handful...

I certainly wouldn't trust a lawyer that would use tools he doesn't understand, whose limitations he doesn't seem to know, and who...

I don't think this is a great analogy. We aren't relying on the AI the same way we rely on the medical device--we trust the practitioner...

As an aside, this follows the general flow of most discussions I see here. When things go bad they go really bad. Rebuttal - but in...

It really all hinges on the first point, it seems to me. If it is actively harmful then I agree it shouldn't be used. But I think it's...

I actually agree with your point. If AI is unusable and wasteful, then it's stupid to use it. If AI is as unreliable as supposed -- I...

Half the reason Blades in the Dark exists is because John Harper hates planning, of any sort. The reason the equipment system works the...

I'm not anti mitigation by any means. But if you can't even get folks to stop eating cheeseburgers...at a certain point it becomes clear...

Frankly, I think the bets are moving on from mitigation at this point. At least in academia, funding decisions, faculty hires, the...

Sure. But then they must accept that they are in the minority. While individually, they might want to stop here (and they might want to...

In the opinion of those who care this is the line that they have drawn in the sand a sort of "it stops here, no more" it is basically...

I think it’s also fair to say that different subjects and sectors need different kinds of learning. Medicine does require a great deal...