Now that we're back to housework, can anyone answer my questions about Roombas and rugs?
Yeah! Someone answer Jess's question! I want one.
I am pretty sure amych has a roomba.
She ain't movin'. Serenity's not movin'.
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
bon bon - Jan 04, 2006 9:53:17 am PST #7318 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Spidra Webster - Jan 04, 2006 9:53:22 am PST #7319 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Wasn't it "Won't Get Fooled Again"?
Betsy HP - Jan 04, 2006 9:53:55 am PST #7320 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
The thing is, once you get used to it, you don't think of it as AI any more. Voice recognition is in enormously widespread use, and it's definitely an AI technology.
DavidS - Jan 04, 2006 9:54:47 am PST #7321 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Not on this topic -- the NYTimes op-ed section has been on the "women, get back in the kitchen, you know you want to!" train for a while now. Irritates me no end.
In timely fashion the San Francisco Chronicle had two articles today refuting these type of articles, specifically taking the NY Times to ask.
What's wrong with trend articles.
The past year has seen the resurgence of two trend stories that will be familiar to news readers of the '80s: the sad fate of high-achieving women who have climbed too high to find a suitable mate, and the exodus of career women from the labor market to rear children. Their treatment in the press is an interesting study in how far a trend story without solid social science can go.
How trend articles moved from women's magazines to newspapers.
Dana - Jan 04, 2006 9:55:34 am PST #7322 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Wasn't it "Won't Get Fooled Again"?
Pretty sure it was Baba O'Riley, because my thought process went "Huh, why are they playing Teenage Wasteland? Oh, wait..."
We need to get DX in here to confirm or deny.
brenda m - Jan 04, 2006 9:55:53 am PST #7323 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, I'd love to know the answer to Jess's Roomba question. Because I wants one, my precioussss.
ETA: x-post, heh.
bon bon - Jan 04, 2006 9:55:58 am PST #7324 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Fingerprint matching, which I think is called AFIS? It always looked like the technician marked a certain type of characteristic on the fingerprint and those points are matched against the database. Anyone know how that works? I watch those forensic shows and am left wondering.
§ ita § - Jan 04, 2006 9:56:33 am PST #7325 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Telephone operators?
Voice recognition is in enormously widespread use, and it's definitely an AI technology.
See, I don't think of those as AI because I hate them, and although it's cheaper, often less effective for me as the consumer.
I mean, I thought I was call-avoidant, but as soon as I hear that phone option tree coming, I'm hammering 0 as hard as possible to get to someone who understands what I want. Never mind the phone applications that want me to talk to them instead of hit keys. Even worse.
It's still pretending, for me.
Jesse - Jan 04, 2006 9:56:38 am PST #7326 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
All those things still sound like a lot of figuring, quickly, though. Isn't AI supposed to be more?
Kathy A - Jan 04, 2006 9:56:45 am PST #7327 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Keeping with the robot theme, today's featured gadget at CNN online is the Scooba! Considering how much I detest washing my kitchen and bathroom floors, this is something I must get.