I wonder whether they are as shitty as the first ones and whether they allow to disable the annoying “battery low” warning.

Posting this on an app that emerged from a ‘free’ market does not invalidate the point about critical civil infrastructure.

Sewage systemc are highly important. Brainfart apps are not. Both can coexist.

I suppose they’ve used a proxy / VPN in China to test whether the site is really not reachable from there.

Didn’t knew there were laws against scooters and mobile robots on sidewalks in murica.

Faster at being a shitty platform does not make it a better platform. Just a faster one.

I think it’s fair that she gets sued. Whether the arrest was really necessary I don’t know. You wouldn’t stand in front of a train or a truck and expect not getting legal problems with that. You are disrupting traffic and a legal and civil business.

If her point is, according to the article, to protest “corporations that displace human delivery workers in order to enrich their own bottom line”, I fully understand her, even if I am not convinced of her method.

Robots are awesome cool tech that could make everybody’s lifes better. But their increasing deployment must come with legal and societal guardrails. Especially, we need to develop societies worldwide such that they are prepared and have solutions for the disruption of low-skilled labour markets.

Delivery robots are just the beginning. This will continue and progressively creep up the labour skill levels.

I would love to see a world where nobody has to work, because it is no longer necessary. But jobs become increasingly ineffective as the primary wealth distribution system. Robots and AI do not pair well with present capitalistic societies. This demands fundamental systematic changes in socio-economic structures.

“It’s your time to shine.”

“Other people will look up to you and will be able to tell the time.”

“An enlightening experience.”

“A bright idea, if I may say so myself.”

“With great brightness comes great visibility.”

“Your ability to illuminate a situation is truly outstanding.”

“You are the light at the end of my tunnel.”

“Don’t take this lightly when I say you’re brilliant.”

It is not meaningless. It shows how the AfD is going to do business if they get to power.

You already are.

Thank you!

Veritasium made a video talking about IQ tests, their validity and so on. https://youtu.be/FkKPsLxgpuY

One of my key takeaways: IQ tests have some validity as a diagnostic tool for asessing cognitive disabilities or illnesses, but they should not be taken as serious and significant as many less informed people seem to do.