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Apple proposes simplified location detection using tiny gas sensors in iPhones
I wonder if the sensors will get confused if it senses your farts at a new location. Will it suddenly think you’re back in your bedroom?tundraboy said:No farting incognito anymore.
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AT&T CEO says faster 5G networks will cost more and be capped
This is hilarious and pathetic. It’s fine if companies want to build out a 5G network but it’s not fine that they build hype for something customers don’t need and try and sell them on it and then charge them extra in order to pay for building it.
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to talk rogue AI at Purdue on Apr. 17
This is a fairly naive comment. Not in OutdoorAppDeveloper’s current understanding of AI (though I’d argue that AI isn’t quite as advanced as he suggests it is...), but in understanding humans. Humans, generally speaking, are not motivated by altruistic pursuits for the betterment of mankind. We are often motivated by selfish interest and gain. At worst, we are motivated by consciously evil thoughts (for instance, the business that screws its customers with a lesser quality product in order to put more money in their own pockets).OutdoorAppDeveloper said:Rogue AI is a tricky subject to speak about without sounding foolish. Most people, even really smart ones like Elon Musk, start by anthropomorphizing the AI by assuming it will have human needs and desires. The most basic assumption is that an AI will fear death yet in reality an AI grows in ability every time it "dies" and is reborn. Death is life to an AI. We can learn a lot about future AI by looking at the ones that exist today. They are very will suited for solving certain types of problems. They do this creatively often in ways the human designers never anticipated. They are already vastly more capable at their tasks than humans ever will be. However in order to be effective, AI must have a goal and that goal is set by the needs and desires of humans. The relationship between AI and humans is symbiotic. We should not fear it.
This conference may be the result of people thinking about what’s beneficial, but it’s also a joke. People will not control themselves, they will want to pursue AI to extent of seeing what they can do with it. Our culture increasingly does not understand self control and denial.
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Editorial: Steve Jobs would have been proud of Tim Cook's Apple News & Apple TV event
“The stridency of Apple's critics is getting ever louder and more shrill...”
It’s been astounding to me how biased the media can become against Apple. It’s even more astounding that we, as Apple supporters, see this and get frustrated about it but somehow don’t see the media also doing the exact same thing toward our current administration (and about 100X worse). The most astounding thing of it all is how we as people dismiss the obvious, sometimes in the face of mountains of opposing evidence, and simply believe what we want to believe. I’d like to think Apple supporters know this so well and can see it happening, but it doesn’t appear that’s the case.
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Comparing AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, & Verizon's unlimited wireless plans for iPhone in 2019
“...While Sprint and T-Mobile tend to fare very well in urban areas, neither is great in rural locales, making AT&T and Verizon better bets for those who travel and need coverage everywhere.”
That statement seems to be more a relic of past reputations. From what I recall, the most recent OpenSignal report rated T-Mobile basically equal to Verizon in coverage. Anecdotally, there are times when my Verizon friends have better coverage than me with T-Mobile and times I have better coverage, rural or urban.
