Good title

False choice fallacy. Both can be the problem.

The richest Americans are above the law.

Intelligent people leave a space of about two cars ahead of them on the freeway.

Stupid people think that space must be for them.

We do have lots of places like Sheetz that serve a similar function, but to be entirely automated is rare.

Automats might be a closer analog.

Vending machines work better when there’s more foot traffic and more density.

Vending machines with specialty goods (as pictured) need to be restocked every day and they require even more foot traffic. I think this is the biggest factor why OP’s vending machine is not viable in a lot of places in the US.

The writer has a clear bias and a lack of a technical background (writing for Techies.com doesn’t count) .

You don’t have to look hard to find devs saving time and learning something with AI coding assistants. There are plenty of them in this thread. This is just an opinion piece by someone who read a single study.

Great memory and great description of Shrinking. Also, take that! joke-stealing comic.

“The only way to interpret statistics is with a healthy dose of skepticism and a thorough understanding of their context.”

While people in this thread jump at the opportunity for this slice of statistics to affirm their confirmation biases, intelligent people will ask what the total carbon dioxide output looks like by comparison.

Bernie should have been president.

[Publicly traded company] unhappy with how much money [division] burns. Suggests putting the money into stock buybacks.

Wow, this is some hard- hitting journalism that couldn’t possibly write itself!

Anyone who believes AI is being used for art/writing and not for other things like doing the dishes, has a myopic understanding and a strong confirmation bias. This strawman argument is defeated by a simple Google search to see the multitude of other places where this technology is benefiting humanity.

AI is helping physicists speed up experiments into supernovae to better understand the universe.

AI is helping doctors to expedite cancer screening rates.

Oh, and AI is powering robots that can do the dishes too.

Downvote Musk spam.

The billionaire doesn’t need your help ensuring him and his businesses stay in the 24 hour news cycle. Don’t be a useful idiot.

Downvote Musk spam.

The billionaire doesn’t need your help ensuring him and his businesses stay in the 24 hour news cycle. Don’t be a useful idiot.