A.I. And Big Data Could Power a New War on Poverty?

Re:A.I. And Big Data Could Power a New War on Poverty? by undoware on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @03:10PM (#16055100)

Good lord.

This comment of mine is probably going to get deprecated down to -1 and beyond, but it needs saying anyway:

We already have a perfectly good technology for combatting poverty. It's called socialism.

How many people read this article on the way to work, on their expensive new Christmas phones, absentmindedly stepping over homeless people they only semi-see.

It's not the tech that's the problem. It's us. All of us. Shape up and start giving your resources away. If you need specific recommendations, ask.

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Re:A.I. And Big Data Could Power a New War on Poverty? by anonemouse145 on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @04:17PM (#16055743)

How do homeless fare is socialist nations?

Hint: You might want to start looking in the mass graves.

(See also: The Scandinavian countries repeatedly having press conferences to say no, we are not socialist.)

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Re:A.I. And Big Data Could Power a New War on Poverty? by ttonkytonk on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @10:28AM (#16061730)

That's because they combine the welfare state with free market capitalism, known as the "Nordic Model".

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