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New comment by jqpabc123 in "When AI designs a drug, who gets the credit?"

jqpabc123 — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:05:04 +0000

If a scientist uses a spreadsheet to help design a new drug, who gets the credit?

The spreadsheet didn't decide to create a new drug. Neither did AI.

AI is just another tool --- one of many available. Why the controversy?

New comment by jqpabc123 in "Meta launches new vibe-coding platform, Pocket, in the US"

jqpabc123 — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:41:50 +0000

Thanks but no thanks. I am not inclined to share my work activity with the world's largest privacy invader.

New comment by jqpabc123 in "Vertical AI Founders, You Are Going Through 3 Existential Crises"

jqpabc123 — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:38:00 +0000

You’ve built a business that sells deterministic outcomes on top of a fundamentally non-deterministic substrate.

This is a fundamental property that permeates all of AI.

It's not a matter of IF it will go wrong but rather WHEN and HOW OFTEN.

AI is a make work project for lawyers. There are not too many businesses that can tolerate the legal liability and financial risk this adds to their operation.

New comment by jqpabc123 in "Trump Threatens 'Tremendous Consequences' for Countries Doing Business with Iran"

jqpabc123 — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:34:42 +0000

In other words, his war has failed to achieve any meaningful objective so he is falling back to idle economic threats.

I'm sure China is now shaking in their boots since they are the biggest buyer of Iranian oil.

New comment by jqpabc123 in "Where to Draw the Line Which decisions should not be handed over to LLMs?"

jqpabc123 — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:24:05 +0000

We are demanding senior judgment while eliminating the work that produces it.

In other words, the short term gain creates long term pain.

New comment by jqpabc123 in "California Draws More Startup Investment Than All Other 49 States Combined"

jqpabc123 — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:05:17 +0000

So California is a hell hole of innovation and prosperity that right wingers both despise and envy.

New comment by jqpabc123 in "Could AIs Become Conscious?"

jqpabc123 — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:40:59 +0000

No but they can mimic some aspects of consciousness.

New comment by jqpabc123 in "My Graphene OS Phone Is Now Also a Laptop"

jqpabc123 — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:35:33 +0000

Interesting but really, just as much trouble as carrying a thin laptop and not as useful.

New comment by jqpabc123 in "There's No Reason to Buy a New Phone Anymore"

jqpabc123 — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:18:17 +0000

But, but, but ... you won't have the latest color??? What will all your fiends think???

If this is a problem, I think you need better friends.

New comment by jqpabc123 in "Chinese firms are wrapping their supply chains around the globe"

jqpabc123 — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 02:26:13 +0000

And by "Chinese firms" they really mean the Chinese government which exercises ultimate control over all of these "firms".

China has done what the west has long assumed to be impossible --- they have devised a system to defeat western style capitalism. And they have done it with largely centralized control and without political or religious freedom.

https://www.businessinsider.com/wealthy-families-teaching-ki...

New comment by jqpabc123 in "AI was supposed to win people over by now – it hasn't"

jqpabc123 — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:34:57 +0000

What's not to love about a flawed and unreliable technology that aims to kill jobs?

New comment by jqpabc123 in "Russian Tanks Enter Battle with a New Anti-Drone Active Protection System"

jqpabc123 — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:29:10 +0000

Big and slow equals dead on the modern battlefield.

And the biggest, slowest, most expensive and juicy target out there is carriers --- which will be one of the first things to die in any war with a competent adversary.

New comment by jqpabc123 in "Mark Zuckerberg's AI Manifesto Shows How Little the AI Future Offers"

jqpabc123 — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:27:27 +0000

Bottom line: Zuck has no workable vision.

New comment by jqpabc123 in "American AI May Not Survive Chinese Open-Source"

jqpabc123 — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:12:23 +0000

US policy hampers industry's ability to compete.

Specifically energy policy. AI is highly energy dependent. All else being somewhat equal, he who has the lowest energy cost wins.

But instead of promoting low cost, renewable energy, the USA is using taxpayer money to shut it down.

Stupid is as stupid does.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-the-trump-administrati...

New comment by jqpabc123 in "Meta and Google mobile apps gorge on user data: Study"

jqpabc123 — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:36:36 +0000

In other news, water is wet and the world's largest privacy invaders collect every available scrap of your personal data.

New comment by jqpabc123 in "U.S. Declared an Energy Emergency, Then Paid $4B for Less Energy"

jqpabc123 — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:56:22 +0000

Is anyone really surprised that this administration is a tool of the petroleum industry?

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/business/2026/07/31/...

New comment by jqpabc123 in "US will allow some private firms to carry out cyberattacks"

jqpabc123 — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:10:20 +0000

In other words, the USA will become just as "rogue" as those it rails against. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

New comment by jqpabc123 in "Nvidia Will Back OpenAI Project with as Much as $105B"

jqpabc123 — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:52:05 +0000

The money train is running in circles.

Nvidia backs OpenAI so OpenAI can buy more from Nvidia.

Never mind the fact that OpenAI is wildly unprofitable and will probably set $20 billion on fire this year.

New comment by jqpabc123 in "Why Big Tech's AI Spending Is $3T Higher Than It Seems"

jqpabc123 — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:21:32 +0000

It's capitalism run amuck.

If AI is wildly successful and replaces lots of jobs, fewer people will be able to purchase what AI helps produce.

In other words, the economy will shrink and the stock market will crash.

If AI is not wildly successful, a lot of high value companies will be in debt up to their eyeballs.

In other words, they will be less profitable and the stock market will crash.

The overall result is not good in either case.

New comment by jqpabc123 in "Why people aren't buying Mark Zuckerberg's AI future"

jqpabc123 — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:42:04 +0000

The "Meta" company name is a testament to what Zuck's rosy predictions are worth.

This plus the fact that 30+ US states are attempting to sue their pants off.

https://apnews.com/article/instagram-facebook-children-teens...