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Re:Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting soluti... by burntwater on Monday April 24, 2017 @03:51PM (#14187528)
It's (apparently) common knowledge among reptile owners. That doesn't mean it's common knowledge among the particular scientists studying how to decompose plastics. Siloed knowledge will always be a problem (at least among humans. With omnipresent AI, that could change...).
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Re:Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting soluti... by wyldfire on Monday April 24, 2017 @05:51PM (#14188677)
A day in the life of the omnipresent AI's keeper involves a lot of "Oh, no, sorry, CleverBot2000, we can't solve that global problem that way. This domain's model is incomplete, I guess."
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Re:Caterpillar found to eat shopping bags, suggesting soluti... by RugnirViking on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @07:13AM (#14192434)
'but keeper, if walmart take the price of your meal off your order and you can refund no questions asked, can't we solve world hunger and the economy by taking and refunding free meals infinitely?'
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