Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[beans-on-toast]

Adding machines had a cadence, much like a typewriter did. Even more so the mechanical ones, the electric ones were quieter and the beginning of the end.

… attributed to "Mel"…

Only those that knew Fortran claimed that only real programmers used it. C dispatched Fortran rather quickly.

 

[Sbassman Scratch]

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Why does it need teeth? Just for the smile, I suppose.

 

[mikeoso]

Been a really long time since I watched King Rat.

 

[SoulReflection]

AI be damned, my dumbness is not artificial...

 

[beans-on-toast]

Why does it need teeth? Just for the smile, I suppose.

To be able to speak with an Austrian accent.

 

[gtmalone]

A flash of inspiration ignited by alcohol is best ignored, I find.

On occasion it does yield a bass line snipet that is pretty good albeit out of time.

 

[gtmalone]

Technology may very well be the death of us all when AI learns too much and too well (think Skynet). The US, China and probably Russia have tested / are testing autonomous drones that have successfully found their air and ground targets. I hope they've successfully incorporated Issac Asimov's Rules of Robotics.

Rembrandt’s Night Watch uncropped by AI 300 years after it was trimmed

 

[gtmalone]

I do my best work when I have no distractions. I solve problems when I can sit back and float off in a tranquil state and think. Then all I have to do is write it all out in the morning.

I do that while riding the scooter with music. (yes, I'm paying attention). There is always something playing inside my brain bucket which is good unless in turns into an earworm like Red Rubber Ball from the other day. Then I have to "play" the whole song. I have no idea how that one came to the surface but it should be buried along with Little Brown Jug, Philadelphia Freedom, and a number of other works. Hmmm...Little Brown Jug as a mambo or 12/8 Afro-Cuban?

Similar thing with wood working or electronicals. Maybe scribble out something, stare at it for a while, walk around the garage - maybe for a couple of days - then do it.

 

[gtmalone]

AI be damned, my dumbness is not artificial...

MY BROTHER!

 

[gtmalone]

Having worked with robots and AI, it's my experience that we're a long way off. The first law gets broken all too often. The second law assumes no programming errors. When does that ever happen. The third law, what I call collision avoidance, kind of works as long as calibration is intact and the field is not too complex. Sometimes it isn't. Those self driving road vehicles keep being not entirely successful. Aircraft do a better job but I still want a human monitoring.


Asimov's First Law
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
Second Law
A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
Third Law
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

I find that Dominos Nuro delivery thing troublesome. I've read a little about it but it's presented as a sales pitch. The FAQs on it are a joke.

 

[gtmalone]

Good morning and cheers!

 

[gtmalone]

We see AI in action every day. It’s not impressive. Take google analytics for example. Please! They collect data on what sites you visit, what you looked at and come up with advertisement that I seemingly want. It always fails.

If I visit a shoe store and order shoes, google want to keep showing me more shoes. It doesn’t make sense.

Youtube is bad. I watch one Who video, the next day there are many more Who videos suggested. I don’t need more. It gets so irritating having to go to my library and delete videos that I watched and don’t want more of.

The worst example is word correction on your phone/computer/tablet. It knows who I am, why can’t it know that the way that I type makes me spell it as ot and fix it. Why can’t it look at the context of my sentence and correctly fix what I misspelled rather than substituting words that are so far removed.

Well, that's what happens when you don't properly introduce yourself. The phone is obviously holding bitter feelings about that but it's being passive aggressive instead of just getting it out in the open.

And nice work on the GOF skills, too!

 

[gtmalone]

I just got a letter selecting me for jury duty. (sigh)

Try this when they start the interviews - "I can tell someone is guilty just by looking at them."

I've been called once in 27 yrs for a DUI case. I thought it was pretty interesting. I would not want to be part of a trial that involved someone's death.

 

[Deleted member 268085]

Having worked with robots and AI, it's my experience that we're a long way off. The first law gets broken all too often. The second law assumes no programming errors. When does that ever happen. The third law, what I call collision avoidance, kind of works as long as calibration is intact and the field is not too complex. Sometimes it isn't. Those self driving road vehicles keep being not entirely successful. Aircraft do a better job but I still want a human monitoring.


Asimov's First Law
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
Second Law
A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
Third Law
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

Anyone else a fan of Asimov's Foundation series?

Psycho hist'ry
Qu'est-ce que c'est
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-far better
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away

 

[G-Dog]

To be able to speak with an Austrian accent.

Yeah! It's hard to say, "G'day, mate! No worrys! Tie me kangaroo down!" without showing teeth!
.

 

[SoulReflection]

Yeah! It's hard to say, "G'day, mate! No worrys! Tie me kangaroo down!" without showing teeth!
.

Australian or Austrian ?

 

[GwenOnBass]

Anyone else a fan of Asimov's Foundation series?

Psycho hist'ry
Qu'est-ce que c'est
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-far better
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away

Well seen. Who's read E.E. "Doc" Smith's Lensman pulp? Incredibly adolescent male fantasies, and yet a couple cool ideas — same as Heinlein. IMO. and such.

 

[StereoPlayer]

This happened in my state, Michigan recently. Pictured Rocks, on Lake Superior.
A pretty cool boat tour if you’re in the area.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Good morning and cheers!

...nice work on the GOF skills...

How's this for GOF skills? Eventually, we will all be...

...out of time.

 

[notJaco]

Try this when they start the interviews - "I can tell someone is guilty just by looking at them."

I've been called once in 27 yrs for a DUI case. I thought it was pretty interesting. I would not want to be part of a trial that involved someone's death.

Oh, someone is going down for this!
GUILTY!