[FairfieldLife] Forget Her. Your life is already controlled by 'bots

2014-01-10 Thread TurquoiseB
I found this a fascinating article to stumble upon right after seeing the film Her. There will be some who will deny that we as a culture will never become so dependent on computers and AIs as to allow them to shape and control our lives as much as Theodore does in Her. Well, let me present a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Forget Her. Your life is already controlled by 'bots

2014-01-10 Thread Share Long
turq, I'd say that the world, on one level, is controlled by imperfect programming and still-learning programmers. bots are only as useful as their programming and programmers make them. Right?! On Friday, January 10, 2014 4:19 AM, TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote:   I found this a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Forget Her. Your life is already controlled by 'bots

2014-01-10 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 1/10/2014 10:09 AM, Share Long wrote: bots are only as useful as their programming and programmers make them. Right?! Speaking of bots, somebody is monitoring my messages - probably bots at the NSA, FBI, and the CIA. Go figure. So, I wonder who here spends the most time in front of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Forget Her. Your life is already controlled by 'bots

2014-01-10 Thread Bhairitu
Contrary to popular belief I do not watch TV 24/7. Sounds like you watch more TV than I. Of course I spend part of my day in front of a computer as I try to make a living from software development. So looking at a big screen in the evening 8 feet away is very relaxing on the eyes. I also