Does it work with ~legacy~ software? Eg, early 2000's Windows WhateverSoft's Widget Designer? Does it interface over COM?
There's a goldmine to be had in automating ancient workflows that keep large corps alive.
Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model
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> the cameras you talk about have become increasingly popular over the years cameras are being used to detect traffic and change lights? i don't think thats happening in USA. which country are you referring to here?
They’re extremely common in the U.S. now.
Traffic cameras, yes. Traffic cameras that are used to influence traffic signaling? I've never (knowingly) seen one in the US.
What US cities have these?
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#183Earlier quoted context omitted.
They’re extremely common in the U.S. now.
any data to share ? i've never seen one in chicago. google tells me its <1%. maybe i am not using right keywords.
There are hundreds in Chicago:
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#184Many years ago I was sitting at a red light on a secondary road, where the primary cross road was idle. It seemed like you could solve this using a computer vision camera system that watched the primary road and when it was idle, would expedite the secondary road's green light. This was long before computer vision was mature enough to do anything like that and I found out that instead, there are magnetic systems that…
Robotic process automation isn't new.
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#185I just have to say that I consider this an absolutely hilarious outcome. For many years, I focused on tech solutions that eliminated the need for a human to be in front of a computer doing tedious manual operations. For a wide range of activities, I proposed we focus on "turning everything in the world into database objects" so that computers could operate on them with minimal human effort. I spent significant effort…
I was thinking about that last point in the context of dating this morning, if my "chatgpt" knew enough about me to represent me well enough that a dating app could facilitate a pre-screening with someone else "chatgpt", that would be interesting. I heard someone in an enterprise keynote recently talking about "digital twins" - I believe this is that. Not sure what I think about it yet generally, or where it leads.
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I cycle a lot. Outdoors I listen to podcasts and the fact that I can say "Hey Google, go back 30sec" to relisten to something (or forward to skip ads) is very valuable to me. Indoors I tend to cast some show or youtube video. Often enough I want to change the Youtube video or show using voice commands - I can do this for Youtube, but results are horrible unless I know exactly which video I want to watch. For other se…
Do you have a lot of dedicated cycle ways? I'm not sure I'd want to have headphones impeding my hearing anywhere I'd have to interact with cars or pedestrians while on my bike.
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#187The irony is that most of tech companies make their money by forcing users to wade through garbage. For example, if you could browse the internet and avoid ads, why wouldn't you? If you could choose what twitter content to see outside of their useless algorithms, why wouldn't you?
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#188Many years ago I was sitting at a red light on a secondary road, where the primary cross road was idle. It seemed like you could solve this using a computer vision camera system that watched the primary road and when it was idle, would expedite the secondary road's green light. This was long before computer vision was mature enough to do anything like that and I found out that instead, there are magnetic systems that…
Computer use is the most important AI benchmark to watch if you're trying to forecast labor-market impact. You're right, there are much more effective ways for ML/AI systems to accomplish tasks on the computer. But they all have to be hand-crafted for each task. Solving the general case is more scalable.
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#189Earlier quoted context omitted.
The sound of a revving engine is often the first warning you have that someone is about to pass you and especially how they handle it is a good sign of how likely they are to attempt a close pass rather than overtake in the legal manner with the minimum distance.
Mirrors let you see the overtaking traffic with far more time to plan. Audio cues are less and less useful as electric vehicles become more popular. (I am a city biker and there are plenty already.)
Also the radar for bikes is great