The Myth of AI - Hackdot

Re:The Myth of AI by sp332 on Friday November 14, 2014 @04:08PM (#8609505)

The flu kills less than half a million people per year. Heart diseases account for almost 1/3 of all deaths worldwide! You're wrong about how important the flu is, and you're wrong about AI being unselfish and apolitical.

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Re:The Myth of AI by kolev on Friday November 14, 2014 @04:13PM (#8609528)

I'm talking about lost productivity and that maybe a billion are affected each year. Heart disease is both a genetic and a lifestyle issue, it's much harder to tackle than creating an anti-viral medicine.

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Re:The Myth of AI by kolev on Friday November 14, 2014 @04:20PM (#8609572)

Flu is not just a benign annoyance - it has a long-term accumulating damage to health as well.

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Re:The Myth of AI by sp332 on Friday November 14, 2014 @04:26PM (#8609598)

So does heart disease. You're somehow ignoring the "lost productivity" of 6.5 million people per year dying! And I didn't mention stroke, respiratory diseases, AIDS, and non-flu intestinal diseases, each of which kills more people per year than the flu.

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Re:The Myth of AI by kolev on Friday November 14, 2014 @06:50PM (#8610241)

I'm only saying one is easier to solve (on theory) than the other.

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