"The Greatest!" wrote in message
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Ophelia wrote:

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> On Monday, November 7, 2016 at 11:03:55 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > "dsi1" wrote in message
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> > On Monday, November 7, 2016 at 7:31:11 AM UTC-10, The Greatest! wrote:
> > > So, weve discussed self €“ driving vehicles, now howzabout drone €“
> > > delivered vittles? Just think €“ instead of schlepping around on the
> > > Austin TX bus system, Steve could have his burritos or Bar S weenies
> > > delivered RIGHT to his basement flat doorstep€¦Kuthe could even get his
> > > POT
> > > delivered (talk about a drone delivering to €œdrone€�, hehe€¦)€¦endless
> > > possibilities, folks€¦!!!
> > >
> > >
> > > https://www.technologyreview.com/s/6...ampaign=buffer
> > >
> > >
> > > Burrito-Delivering Drones€”Seriously?
> > >
> > > Automated package drops might improve the efficiency of shipping one
> > > day,
> > > but for now experiments are gimmicks that pander to stereotypes.
> > >
> > > by Jamie Condliffe September 12, 2016
> > >
> > > "In the not-too-distant future, drones may be able to ferry products
> > > to
> > > your front door. But until several wrinkles hindering their widespread
> > > adoption are ironed out, the companies developing the underlying
> > > technologies seem intent on using irritating stunts to convince us of
> > > their worth.
> > >
> > > Alphabet has announced that its collaborating with Chipotle to
> > > deliver
> > > burritos across the campus of Virginia Tech using its Project Wing
> > > drones.
> > > The university is one of the Federal Aviation Administrations
> > > approved
> > > drone test sites, so the location is understandable€”but the choice of
> > > payload is a little harder to stomach. Its easy enough to imagine a
> > > meeting in which the concept was settled upon: €œStudents like
> > > burritos!
> > > Lets send them burritos!€�
> > >
> > > Undeniably, it is a marketing gimmick. Its also very obviously
> > > flawed:
> > > a
> > > single burrito can fill a single hungry students belly. Unless were
> > > talking about squadrons of drones on nonstop dorm runs, though, what
> > > hope
> > > is there of feeding a crowd of ravenous college kids? (A cannon might
> > > be
> > > a
> > > better idea. Or if thats not advanced enough, perhaps a Hyperloop for
> > > food.)
> > >
> > > Sadly, its not the only delivery service being tested that leans on
> > > stereotypes. In London, the robots of Starship Technologies are being
> > > employed by two food delivery startups, Just Eat and Pronto, to ferry
> > > food
> > > to the doors of customers in search of takeout. With a top speed of
> > > four
> > > miles per hour, it would literally be faster to walk and collect the
> > > food€”but couch potatoes want food delivered to them, so why not
> > > incentivize a little less exercise?
> > >
> > > Its not just drone testing thats embracing these kinds of gimmicks.
> > > Last
> > > summer, the taxi-hailing app Gett offered Londoners the chance to
> > > order
> > > a
> > > bottle of chilled Veuve Clicquot champagne€”two flutes included€”and
> > > have
> > > it
> > > delivered straight to their door within 10 minutes for the princely
> > > sum
> > > of
> > > £50 (around $70).
> > >
> > > Rarely has a service been more squarely aimed at bankers. Thats
> > > unlikely
> > > to be by accident: the service was only available in Shoreditch,
> > > Clerkenwell, the City, Belgravia, Knightsbridge, Chelsea, and
> > > Kensington€”the last three of which are the most expensive parts of
> > > London
> > > in which to live.
> > >
> > > Better, perhaps, to focus on testing drone delivery services where
> > > they
> > > may actually add value. Ziplines first real-world trial of its
> > > delivery
> > > drones, for instance, was carried out in Rwanda, where the aircraft
> > > were
> > > actually shuttling supplies of blood and drugs to remote health-care
> > > centers. The company plans to expand into the U.S. soon, but when it
> > > does
> > > so it will carry medical supplies out to rural parts of the
> > > U.S.€”including
> > > Smith Island in Maryland and some Native American reservations.
> > >
> > > While companies continue to grapple with the many and varied
> > > difficulties
> > > of getting drones to carry packages to our doors, it might be nice to
> > > see
> > > them following Ziplines lead. Deliver something worthwhile, or dont
> > > deliver at all€¦€�
> >
> > The idea of getting what you want immediately, has much appeal. My guess
> > is
> > that drones will be commonplace in the new/now society. If drones can
> > deliver burritos, they can certainly deliver people too. Flying taxies?
> > You
> > bet!
> >
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> >
> > What happens to jobs with the advent of routine artificial intelligence?
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
> That's an excellent question. I do not know. What can humans do that a
> machine cannot?
>
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> Support themselves and their families? If machines become so clever, why
> will they need humans? We might be dispensable.



They've been saying that since the discovery of ***fire***, Ms. O....

;-)

Best
Greg

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True but I think this might be a wee bit more advanced than that))


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