“One of the reasons that she has remained so active in this particular field is because she has seen what it does to people when they can’t get insurance to cover the healthcare they need."

Sadists.

I watched this earlier, great coverage!

Not a lot of people trying to defend consumers in media right now. Glad they’re doing something about it.

No, I’m not suggesting anyone live in fear.

I work in tech, and have interviewed with companies that have texas offices. I won’t accept an offer if they expect I’ll relocate there.

If someone were to ask me if they should buy a car, or a house, or change careers, or go back to school, or make an life decision of any consequence, I’d say it’s worth considering project 2025 and the news since the election.

Some form of tariffs will probably happen. It’s worth considering how you might mitigate or avoid the cost if it’s substantial for you. This isn’t rocket science.

Tell that to the women in texas.

Ok.

On my phone, I can use Google sheets (or excel or whatever) and get all the benefits, except for the automatic recording. For $5/mo in perpetuity?

I’m not anti app. I don’t understand why someone would pay this much for this function.

The internet allows us to communicate quickly over distances we couldn’t otherwise without a long time between messages. What does this app do that I can’t do cheaper and easier with pencil and paper?

I’m not opposed to technology, but I’m not paying for it if there’s no benefit.

Why Alexa?

Other than that, a $1 notepad and a pencil will do usage tracking just fine for years. You can’t take a trip unless you’re already sitting in the car where you can see and write down the info.

Ha! That went right over my head. Thanks for explaining.

What’s texas red?

Like I said, I help design them. I’m interested to know why you think that. You work with them? How old are the ones you work with?

Big iron means a mainframe. The Ferrari of servers.

I design big iron. The hardware is great, don’t blame us.

Yeah, every time I hear something like that I giggle. AI might replace us one day, but it’s no where near good enough yet.

Never did. It’s just more and more obvious with each new “feature” that it’s built for monetization, not for user functionality.

I think it’s that, and something even worse as well. There are probably many well meaning people working on these things thinking they really are creating and guiding and intelligence. It’s an opportunity to feel like a god and a tech wizard at the same time.

Similar number of neurons too.

The Chinese Room thought experiment is a good place to start the conversation. AI isn’t intelligent, and it doesn’t hallucinate. Its not sentient. It’s just a computer program.

People need to stop using personifying language for this stuff.

Having worked for a couple chip design shops, and now at ibm… ibm is the one of a few companies pushing the envelope in chip design. You just don’t need what they make, so you’ve never heard of it.