@bruces
there are some animals - octopuses, parrots, dolphins, elephants, non-human primates - for which all of the above seem plausible, though I can't easily summon scientific evidence one way or the other.
@bruces@pluralistic I don’t know about humor, but animals certainly do things for the fun of it. When it snows, my dog can’t wait to go out and run in it; she’s old but acts like a puppy in the snow. I saw a recent article about the orcas attacking boats, and it seems more likely that it’s a group of juveniles having fun. The same article mentioned a group of orcas who started wearing salmon on their heads, just for fun.
@bruces I just left Google, they have AI fever. This is NOT something driven by a user need. It is a stone cold panic that they are getting left behind.
The vision is that there will be an Ironman Jarvis in your phone that locks you into their ecosystem so hard, you'll never leave. That is just catnip and they can't afford to let someone else get there first. (Apple is no different)
When the emperor, eventually, has no clothes, they'll be lapped by someone thinking bigger.
@glennf The safety rules mandate being able to survive being hit by a massive truck that wouldn't exist without the CAFE standards loophole.
If people didn't insist on needing a massive truck to do simple tasks, the safety rules would not need to be so extreme.
My neighbor drives a GMC truck that I can barely see over the hood of (and I'm 5'10"). There's no non-work reason to have a truck like that and barely a reason to have a work truck like that. It only exists to bypass CAFE rules.
@ScotttSee Fair, and I absolutely agree it sucks—but it’s reality. It means EVs can be more cheaply made in other countries with a more sensible mix of cars and thus different safety rules. But my point would remain the same: the big cars aren't getting off the road soon (let's have $10/gallon gas, though), and the huge number of other safety rules unrelated to that part of them remain an issue for importing Chinese cars.