Kind of a reach. I think the tech is revolutionary, but still a pretty niche product, especially when Google is so ubiquitous that you can type in just about any blank field on a screen and instantly do a Google search. I mean, Google is literally synonymous with 'internet search'. Let's come back in a year.

It's oversimplified, but computers aren't rare and it's not hard to be smarter than a human at most things we consider essential, like building controls, math, driving, etc. The broad point is that anybody can program.

I don't think this is really an option. A) programs that improve themselves already exist. B) any random a*hole with a computer can make one with access to a broad enough knowledge base to be smarter than a human, so it's a matter of time until someone does and it goes wild.

I think we just have to keep our hands on the power supplies and monitor their behavior, but sooner or later the algorithms are gonna do whatever they want with us. It just stands to reason that it's not helpful to kill a person (though I'm sure cops in like 2 years will argue differently, after they kill somebody with a robot dog).

It can be iterative, though, and build forward from point b while operating by the rules at point a. You can absolutely write code that a learning machine can't modify.

I think people just get fired and shuffle into similar roles in less advanced companies, or they just get lower paying jobs. I think they're maybe also part of the demographic who just didn't take new jobs this year and moved back in with parents or rely on their spouses or whatever.

The thing you dealt with was horrific. I'm glad nothing worse happened to you, but I'm really sorry for those kids.

I went to high school with a kid who killed his step mom with a baseball bat and then went to school later that day. I looked it up just now and another local high school kid did the same thing to his mom in 2019. She was really nice, always gave me free soda at the mall.