Like many sites this is partly supported by companies placing advertisements in the margins of the Home and other pages. Some are eerily local to you as user: one waffles about " O... moreLike many sites this is partly supported by companies placing advertisements in the margins of the Home and other pages. Some are eerily local to you as user: one waffles about " Opticians... " apparently threatened by some technical development in their trade. I saw one regularly on EP, telling me things like "Sarah lives four miles from you" - it was a lie of course, but it opened a dating-site that showed it knew roughly I live, within perhaps 50 miles anyway. The advertising-agencies use your approximate location bought or gleaned from the web-site. One though, advertised a "Simple trick to see if you've ever had PPI" (Payment Protection Insurance, usually for mortgages.) I know I do not, and when I did I was not a victim of a miss-selling racket the banks ran for a while, but I selected it out of curiosity. My security software 'Bulldog' promptly leapt up, snarled at it as dangerous, and blocked it.Possibly, Bulldog is very wary of anything mentioning money on non-https web-sites ev... less
It would be completely objective. It would choose the best possible action absent political partisanship and human subjectivity/prejudice. What could it hurt? What do we have to lose?
Watson is doing its residency in Chapel Hill, North Carolina learning about cancer. It will be able to "read" all papers that come out and digest the info and can be us... moreWatson is doing its residency in Chapel Hill, North Carolina learning about cancer. It will be able to "read" all papers that come out and digest the info and can be used as a source for doctorswho are diagnosing. Something like 8000 papers a day are released on the subject. Doctors cannot possibly keep up with the literature. They often don't know about the newest advances because they didn't have the time to read about it. What do you think of Watson?
Saw a segment on artificial intelligence on a TV show and the quotation is directly from a computer with a human-like face. Robots don't die so I suppose they could exist for... moreSaw a segment on artificial intelligence on a TV show and the quotation is directly from a computer with a human-like face. Robots don't die so I suppose they could exist forever. Is this something else for humans to fear or something they should welcome/embrace?
I do and I can't figure out how to use it. It won't let me download any files from the internet. Also there is no way to uninstall it. Can any... moreI do and I can't figure out how to use it. It won't let me download any files from the internet. Also there is no way to uninstall it. Can anyone help me with it?
