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Ave  ·  3630 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: America likes it's painkillers

They sure need it.

Ave  ·  3630 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I'm an artificial intelligence researcher and I'm not afraid. Here's why.

For many A.I. researchers, the ultimate goal is to create an artificial intelligence that will be capable of reprogramming itself. In other words, removing the need for human input and directions. We're fumbling around with chatbots and still stalling on the definition of what A.I. is., and we are nowhere near creating one that can make moral or ethical judgments, but I think it's a fair to say that we'll get there eventually.

And are A.I. tools really safe? Just having a large amount of data around is dangerous. If the wrong hands get on something important, say medical records or personal information...

Ave  ·  3775 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A twitter account that tells you once a day not to read internet comments. Do you?

If I'm on Facebook, yeah. Sometimes they really annoy me, but it's also useful to know if PolicyMic has an article on it to pander to the masses (always).

Thanks. I should have realized that it would be on the user profile page :P

Features. I still haven't figured out how pming works. Does it even exist at the moment?

Have you...tried them?

I feel like that whole article was more about a young woman's boobs than anything else.

Ave  ·  3777 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hating Kim Kardashian: Hollywood Is Stupid | Eight-Bit Samurai

It's pretty hypocritical to decide that a game is awful because it's encouraging vanity. Vanity being primarily a female fault in this case, because the game is marketed to girls.

What's wrong with fantasizing about it? Frankly, it's better than fantasizing about an otome game like Amnesia, where young girls are taught that they should accept mental and physical abuse from a guy they don't know because "he loves her".

Yet, no one complains about that. Or at least, the people that complain are in the clear minority.

Ave  ·  3778 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Movie Club - Week 1 Voting Thread

One vote for Taxi Driver.

Ave  ·  3779 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski, how are you doing?

That's pretty petty. Porn stars?

Ave  ·  3779 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Facial Recognition for Cats