AI being helpful thread

[3930dave]

That kinda stuff is maybe my main fear of AI, the ability to enforce dozens of stupid harmless law violations. It really would take nothing to set up a couple cameras and just ticket everyone speeding; and i dont mean Speeding, I mean speeding. Turn signals, even on an empty road, not getting building permit to replace exterior door, even down to code enforcement tickets, for stupid stuff. Think if some of these super HOAs did it; the ones that argue about your white mail box being the wrong color of white.

My county is pretty laid back (for now) about a lot of stuff, BUT, if you read the actual rules; a building permit is required for any non-agricultural fence, irrigation, and other stuff; not even counting structural changes like replacing a door. I doubt they would know what to do if you tried to pull a fence permit?

AI God of Choice:

"Please find me all the Un-Incorporated Townships in (defined area(s)) that are unlikely to be overrun with development in my lifetime".

I can see where this tech can be appealing

On the AI related surveillance front, if you haven't already, check out what SkyDio is up to - their autonomous drones are very impressive, as are their outdoor docks (basically a fully automated, all-weather garage/charge dock/ground station).

^ recent Shawn Ryan show has a SkyDio founder on; worth watching IMO, but as Shawn tends to drop an occasional Fbomb, I won't link it here.

Rgds, D.

 

[rontaki]

Off topic for this thread, but a good example of the mentality of some townships, in keeping with this latest thread tangent.

If only the judge could tell the plaintiff what he really thought about the case!

 

[MossRoad]

This is pretty interesting and amazing. Worth the watch... a little over 9 minutes.

We Let AI Run a Vending Machine. It Stocked a Live Fish and a PlayStation.​

Anthropic’s Claude AI ran a vending machine at WSJ headquarters for several weeks. It lost hundreds of dollars, bought some crazy stuff and taught us a lot about the future of AI agents. WSJ’s Joanna Stern tested it all out. Photo Illustration: Ryan Trefes

https://www.wsj.com/video/series/joanna-stern-personal-technology/we-let-ai-run-a-vending-machine-it-stocked-a-live-fish-and-a-playstation/ECA7F3CD-BA6F-4F34-9D2E-2B94571A0C68