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Sure, but in reality zero isn't quite the same as nothing in maths, just the best way we have of describing and using a null quantity for comparison, according to my understanding of it.

I realize I'm a bit late on this conversation but isn't "count" being compared to nothing (i.e. zero)?

This is the gist of the problem with thinking energy is gained and is the reason you are able to slide across the floor an object too heavy to lift.

Possibly, but there doesn't seem to be much uproar about cameras being on virtually every block of US cities or cell phones being able to track everywhere one has been with it.

I don't disagree with any of this. One thing is, most new vehicles have cameras so I don't see why automated vehicles shouldn't have a recorded 360 view to determine such things.

This is all true but I fully expect to see AI drivers become significantly better than any human ones in the near future, if they aren't already. Eventually, even the courts will have to take that into consideration.

At present it is the driver in most cases but that is currently being litigated and IMO when automation becomes widespread it will be the non-automated part of the incident which will be at fault. I would think it to be extremely rare for automated vehicles to run into each other or break traffic laws.

In the first place, science isn't about solving problems. It's about providing explanations for the how and why of things. How people apply those explanations to solve problems is politics.

I wonder how it takes into account whether the vehicle is being piloted by AI or a human. Should it be illegal for a person in an automated vehicle to eat lunch, talk on the phone, light a cigar or even sleep?

This was only secondary to keeping food on the plate instead of sliding off while in heavy seas.

Kind of reminds me of authors being paid by the word...

Not sure what the credentials of these people are but it seems like a pretty thorough discussion of the elements any efficiency (assuming for our discussion effectiveness=efficiency) model ought to include. WebisoftProduction Efficiency in Manufacturing: A Complete GuideExplore the concept of production efficiency in manufacturing. Learn the methods to enhance production efficiency and optimize manufacturing processes.

The "faith" involved of science is in ones ability to use experience and logic to make sense of the world. As experience is gained, the explanations will come closer and closer to a being exact model of a given phenomenon. OTH religious "faith" requires no proof whatsoever and often is very different from reality (eg.- geocentric universe).

IMO the biggest problem with LLM's is they are bad at context and even worse at nuance and things like sarcasm and pop culture references. When those things are mixed with scientific and political endeavors, the bots often latch on to the wrong part of the information. They are improving at a pretty amazing pace, tho, and I expect AI to within a (human) generation be telling humans what is reality or fiction rather than the other way around.

An anarchist friend of mine says that there would be no poverty without laws. They claim that before humans began having any concept of law or "right and wrong" there was no significant difference between the best off and worst off in a given group of our ancestors. Unfortunately, since my social group extends well beyond the few hundred individuals those people were likely to encounter in a lifetime some rules and norms are required for everyone to get along.