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I would expect algorithms like that to put out likelihoods, not hard identifications. All it does is say "this person looks like that person". I wouldn't read that as "wrong".

Again, how is that story a failure of AI/face recognition? At some point they even have a human compare the likeness, and the human also concludes it is the same person. The articl…

Where exactly is the failure? It identified a person who looks similar to the person in the drivers license? It could even actually be the same person, given that the drivers licen…

Have you tried Human Resource Machine?

I don't see much explaining of the capabilities of AI in the article.

Pretty sure that only applies to peaceful protests.

I have heard it is a common strategy among activists now, but that was a claim made by their "opponents", so not sure how prevalent it is.

OK, but you can find such quotes for everything. "We estimate the global demand to be about 3 computers" "nobody will need more than 16KB of memory" and so on. (I'm not a fan of XR…

What makes you so sure that these people were arrested for telling the truth? What about telling the truth would be an offense worthy of arrest in the US? Assange and Manning come …

That's a lot more effort than a quick 2$ at the corner cafe.

Learn at what moment your defenses are down so that they can sell you stuff, presumably. Isn't that the general assumption about tracking? Or sell your data to interested parties. …

Unless you are rich, then poor people are the problem.

de-gentrification is a good thing if you don't like cupcakes and cafes and nice restaurants and nice shops.

What is meant by 4)? So users have the right to see a web site without ads? I think if users don't consent, you should be allowed to block their access to your web site?

Why should they?

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If the choice is to otherwise let them starve, yes.

All the options you give leave the children worse off, because they lose their source of income.

That would be idiotic. We are well off because we can make cheap things (including food). To make things arbitrarily more expensive would make everybody worse off. Likewise clingin…

Maybe they should try other lines of business then?

Child labor is probably not caused by the demand for clothes, though. On the contrary, without those jobs, the situation of those families would be even more perilous.

reCaptcha is horrible. If you are a business, please stop using it. It feels like working for Google. why the hell should I have to do work for Google when I want to do business wi…

But will health care providers adjust to your insurance? Here in Germany, you get treated differently in some places if you have private insurance. I have actually avoided private …

I never managed to use Anki for long. Maybe the interface is just too clunky. Sets that can be downloaded are also often low quality, or at least there is no way to tell in advance…

Are you sure the US health care system delivers less care? I've read data about the health of the nation which seems bad compared to other countries (in relation to wealth). But I …