There's no obvious pathway to actual machine thinking. Current AIs are complex creations that do a very simple task, they string words together to form something related to a question they've been as… (View Post)

Ditto. Although the sheer number of organisations that require a driver's licence or passport for ID means we've almost got there by stealth. I think the reluctance to embrace ID cards stems largely … (View Post)

The big problem with farming work is the location. I live in a rural area surrounded by farms and if you don't have your own transport, it's impossible to work there. Increasing numbers of young peop… (View Post)

I find it frustrating we have graduated licences for motorcycles, but not cars. If someone under 24 cannot be trusted to ride a fast motorcycle, on which they may die if they make a mistake, they sho… (View Post)

Storage uses relatively trivial amounts of power. Even the servers that run Gmail and Google Drive are probably a rounding error in Google's energy bill. You can pack a 2U rack server full of SSDs an… (View Post)