This used to be my job. They’re not controlling the cars. They’re basically completing real-time CAPTCHAs, telling the car whether the cameras see a stop sign, a bicycle, temporary barriers, etc. If the car can’t identify an object that could possibly cross its path, it pulls over and stops until an operator can do a sanity-check on whatever the car’s confused by. They only need to be able to identify objects on the road, not know the rules of the road.

No. They just end the ride and send somebody from the local depot to drive the car back to the garage.

Source: I was on Waymo’s Fleet Response team for a year doing literally this job that is now outsourced overseas. While the tech exists for full remote steering, NHTSA regulations disallow it, and that’s one of the few agencies that Google actually has to abide by if they want to drive their cars on public roads.

And you all really thought she had a better chance than sleepy Joe?

Nobody thought that. We weren’t given a choice, though.

Even with the recent struck child, Waymos are still light years ahead of human drivers in terms of safety. Honestly, the faster we can replace human drivers, the better. Almost all traffic collisions are caused by human error, remove that and the roads will be the safest they’ve been since horse-drawn carriages first entered the scene.

I also work in an EMS-adjacent field (NEMT), and the work we do genuinely helps people in need. I would be doing a major disservice to my community by not going into work. I will only be spending the bare minimum needed to get myself to and from work, as that’s the best I can conscientiously do right now.

Keyword searches with an understanding of search syntax was always king.

Isn’t that only because of the limitations of the available technology only being able to handle simple strings, though? Conversational computing has been a pipe dream since early sci-fi, where characters would talk to their computers as if they were human; George Jetson never spoke to Rosie in keyword queries.

I feel like keyword search syntax being “king” is more of a symptom, than an intentional choice.

Weird timing these bugs seem to have, eh?

You should probably tell them your plans before going through with it. They know you better than anyone on Lemmy could know you, and could probably help you identify the real issue that you’re trying to resolve, because I don’t think that chemical castration will fix the thing you think it’ll fix. Looking through some of your previous posts, I get the feeling that perhaps you may suffer from some social ineptitude, which I can almost certainly guarantee you is not going to be fixed by castrating yourself.

You say that you’re aromantic, but you also say you’ve “never been successful in dating”, implying that you’re not actually aromantic and have actually been seeking companionship, and just not finding it. That’s not what “aromantic” means, and I worry that you’re twisting your own self-perception to fit into the definition of aromanticism. If you were aromantic, then the lack of romantic connections would not be affecting your everyday life as you say it is; the lack of successful romantic connections would be a boon to you.

I’d strongly recommend a different therapist, maybe one who specializes in this field.

I don’t think that was ever any secret.

Am I the only one that thinks 15% is way too high of a chance to be rolling the dice like that? I’ve played enough XCOM to know that even a 99% success rate will still bite you in the ass.

Someone tell the creator of Girls Gone Wild.

I don’t think Joe Francis is going to be the good guy in this scenario.

He had Charlie Kirk on before he got kirked.

Here’s to hoping that lightning strikes twice, then. 🤞

But what would I fill the jar with?

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Stadia was a Squandered Opportunities masterclass. That platform had SO much potential; the tech was there, and the tech worked, but Google hired the worst possible person to run the project.

He is unstable and dangerous. Killing animals is a universal first indicator of future violence against people. Don’t take his threats lightly, even if you parents seem to do so.

If you don’t want to call the cops on him (which, IMO, you definitely should), then you should be prepared for the worst. And by that, I mean arm and steel yourself for the worst case scenario. There is a non-zero chance that he’ll put you in an it’s-you-or-him situation.

It won’t be your fault if he puts you in a situation where you have to put a permanent end to his threats. It’ll be hard to live with, but you’ll still live. Which is why I recommend letting the police deal with him, instead.

It’s hard when it’s family, when it’s somebody you grew up with and still have love for. He’s broken, and it’s not your fault he’s the way he is. Nobody can help everybody, but you can still help yourself.

I mean… now that Grok mentions it, they do look kinda similar…

The final art will still be based on the AI (read: stolen) art.

You’re making assumptions both of the developers’ workflow, and of their AI models.

Because it’s not a big deal, and IGA are technopuritans who can no longer be taken seriously.

anyone could read the code and understand how it works

“Anyone” is doing some heavy lifting here.

How does this stop AI scrapers?