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A_Duck

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2020-07-11

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  • 1 points1 commentswww.nytimes.com

    A.I. chatbots contain the sum of all human knowledge. That can make them pretty good writers.

  • Interesting to see more of this thinking on Hacker News

    Perhaps one of the secondary effects of AI replacing developers will be mobilising a group of smart, motivated people to the left

    (It's always interesting to think of the secondary effects which kick in past a certain point of growth. High-multiple stock valuations often fail to take these into account. For the East India Company, for example — your company can keep growing until it's the size of a country. But suddenly other countries treat you as a foreign power rather than a pet.)

  • A platform where bots-pretend-to-be-humans and another where humans-pretend-to-be-bots. A match made in heaven!

  • Is this correct — HGVs can go faster on dual carriageways than motorways?

    "UK speed limits for heavy vehicles are also more complex than most car drivers realise. Articulated trucks over 7.5 tonnes: 60 mph on dual carriageways, 50 mph on single carriageways, 56 mph (limiter) on motorways"

    Not able to find a source that verifies that

  • The idea is to discover new things you didn’t know you wanted to know - not consume more of the same

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