When most people think of the dangers of artificial intelligence, this is probably more or less what comes to mind: Computer-literates and paranoids might raise (legitimate) privacy concerns and mention uncomfortable cases like the teenager whose parents learned she was pregnant when a machine learning algorithm started sending her parenting advertisements based on her purchasing […]
Month: September 2016
The Real Danger of Artificial Intelligence
When most people think of the dangers of artificial intelligence, this is probably more or less what comes to mind: Computer-literates and paranoids might raise (legitimate) privacy concerns and mention uncomfortable cases like the teenager whose parents learned she was pregnant when a machine learning algorithm started sending her parenting advertisements based on her purchasing […]
If I Were More Mature I’d be Methuselah
Hats off for Withings – their customer support excellent – less than an hour after I sent a mail to their support, I got a response from Victor, who shall remain anonymous. I tried ordering again but with initially little luck. In the end, my order went thru, and I decided to share my experience […]
If I Were More Mature I’d be Methuselah
Hats off for Withings – their customer support excellent – less than an hour after I sent a mail to their support, I got a response from Victor, who shall remain anonymous. I tried ordering again but with initially little luck. In the end, my order went thru, and I decided to share my experience […]
I Handled that Maturely
A bunch of time ago, I ordered a Withings scale which can connect to the internet. I’ve been largely happy with it, and when they released a new one a couple months ago, I had half a mind to get one, but it was conveniently never included in their (rather frequent) promotions, and even I […]
I Handled that Maturely
A bunch of time ago, I ordered a Withings scale which can connect to the internet. I’ve been largely happy with it, and when they released a new one a couple months ago, I had half a mind to get one, but it was conveniently never included in their (rather frequent) promotions, and even I […]