I meant once a year. On 2017-03-10 17:57, Keith Smith wrote: > I think you are right. I think we are looking at Terminator. All the > info coming out about how tech has been compromised. > > I once read that prior to technology an oppressive king might have one > of his people contact you once a month. With technology the > oppressive king can watch you daily or even more often. > > Just think Cyberdyne is right here in Chandler. > > I hope we can learn, grow and do good things. > > > > On 2017-03-10 15:21, Vara La Fey wrote: >> More Terminator than Logan's Run. (But great movies, both of them.) >> >> Autopilot cars are a perfect example. A convenient novelty in the >> near-term. Mandatory in the long-term. >> >> Now imagine a mandatory autopilot that can look you up in a national >> ID database and then write its own code about what it "thinks" you >> should be allowed to do thereafter. >> >> When people give up their autonomy, their freedom and ultimately their >> lives can go with it. >> >> You know who should be having a career resurgence right about now? >> Yeah, sci-fi authors. But people aren't thoughtful enough to support >> that kind of thing anymore. >> >> >> On 3/10/2017 8:21 AM, Keith Smith wrote: >>> >>> There will always be opportunity it just shifts. As we talked about >>> in a prior thread, once upon a time you could get a good >>> manufacturing job with little skill. Today you want a good paying job >>> you have to learn a skill like A/C, plumbing, etc. >>> >>> When I went to Disneyland 15 years ago some of the rides were >>> "automated", moving the seating platform and changing the display so >>> you actually felt like you were moving. Someone had to assemble that >>> ride. Someone had to engineer it. Someone had to manufacture it. >>> And someone had to transport it. >>> >>> In the greater scheme of things, things have not changed much in 15 >>> years. The new minimum wage may make some alternatives more viable, >>> such as McDonald's replacing it's order taking staff with automated >>> ordering. Someone will need to create those automated ordering >>> devices. This is a shift in skills. >>> >>> Maybe at some point in the future we will become the Jetsons... and >>> I'm pretty sure I will be dead by then. >>> >>> If we continue to replace people with robots, then at some point our >>> economy will crash. At that point maybe the movie logan's run >>> becomes a reality. In the movie logan's run people are give a short >>> life span of about 30 years. Once they reach 30 they enter "renewal" >>> which is like a big bug zapper. >>> >>> Is logan's run our future? >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2017-03-10 00:19, trent shipley wrote: >>>> A while ago I heard a futurist say that if you wanted your kid to >>>> make >>>> money in the future, they should pursue a creative career. He >>>> expected >>>> technology jobs to go the way of manufacturing jobs -- automated out >>>> of existence. The up side is that owners of capital will make MUCH >>>> higher profits, while consumers of IT will save some money. Also, >>>> access to IT should be more democratic since it will not rely as >>>> much >>>> on left brain thinking and scarce training. >>>> >>>> Microsoft is hardly alone in trying to make administrators and >>>> programmers obsolete, and the repressive leftist politics or >>>> dystopian >>>> fear mongering strike me as burying the lead--especially if you are >>>> a >>>> technologist whose job is in the cross-hairs of economic and >>>> technical >>>> history. >>>> >>>> Trent. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 11:34 PM Vara La Fey >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Oh. Joy. A Cortana that can write its own spyware. Windows Skynet. >>>>> Upgrade today. Or else. >>>>> >>>>> - Vara >>>>> - www.facebook.com/vara.lafey [1] >>>>> On Mar 9, 2017 11:18 PM, "Victor Odhner" wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hmmm. Did my post get blocked? >>>>> __________________ >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 9, 2017, at 16:59:21, Keith Smith >>>>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Yep what we need is smart computers. When all this started >>>>> computers >>>>> were supposed to create a shorter work week. Now look what we >>>>> have. >>>>> Racist computers - LOL!! >>>>> >>>>> On 2017-03-09 15:32, Anon Anon wrote: >>>>> >>>> http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-deletes-racist-genocidal-tweets-from-ai-chatbot-tay-2016-3 >>>>> On Mar 9, 2017 15:17, "Stephen Partington" >>>>> wrote: >>>>> Really? you took this there. >>>>> On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Nathan England >>>>> wrote: >>>>> On 2017-03-09 08:47, Anon Anon wrote: >>>>> How long until they teach this one how to create html filled with >>>>> explitives and hate speech? >>>>> I read this and about died laughing. All I could think of was >>>>> someone designing this software to act like any other liberal >>>>> online. Write basic html filled with explitives while spouting >>>>> hateful intolerant garbage, and it has artifical intelligence, just >>>>> like so many of today's liberals (brainwashed university >>>>> intellectualism). >>>>> -- Regards, >>>>> Nathan >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [1] >>>>> -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent >>>>> you >>>>> from >>>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze >>>>> button. >>>>> Stephen >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [1] >>>>> Links: >>>>> ------ >>>>> [1] http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> -- Keith Smith >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> Links: >>>> ------ >>>> [1] http://www.facebook.com/vara.lafey >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Keith Smith --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss