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Re:Generative AI is overrated, long live old-school AI on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @01:58PM (#35172208)
As the old joke goes, "AI" is anything that doesn't work yet.

Once an "AI" system becomes reliable, we quickly take it for granted and it no longer seems impressive or interesting. It's just a database. Or an image classifier. Or a chatbot.

Re:US Marines Defeat DARPA Robot by Hiding Under a Cardboard Box on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @12:24PM (#34521195)
I like "AI is anything that doesn't work yet".
Re:Wayfair Is Laying Off 1,750 Workers on Friday January 20, 2023 @12:01PM (#34456071)
Yes, they laid off ~500 folks in Feb 2020 right before covid gave them a huge (and in retrospect, temporary) shot in the arm.
The 3rd-gen Apple TV 4K introduced on the 18th switched the charging port on the remote from Lightning to USB-C.