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Had to put Red Dead away for a bit, Darksiders 3 got released.

On a more serious 'scientific' topic, who in the world on a consumer level even needs a damn 1Gbps connection? Even porn comes in for much less and has a streaming packet transfer rate that will run on a measly 4Mbps connection with stable throughput.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/11/802-eleventy-which-802-11ax-and-802-11ay-explained/ A brief discussion about the new AX and AY standards in 802.11 wireless tech. The MIMO with MU/SU explanation is so fantastic and yet saddening because we have really nothing that actually uses it. Still, the new standards in 2019 will make multi-device connectivity with faster switch protocols so much better for households with multiple devices. Now, if those nice ladies and gents on the power side of the science could put their heads together and come up with better battery life we might actually see better connectivity. And, just as an add-on this is a great read about 1Gbps connections of course all on SU-MIMO device with single line of sight and usage. https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/china-to-leapfrog-broadband-world-to-dominate-1-gbps-connections/

I like how IBM Watson was used here. It's quite interesting what actually led to the ad being made as well, how they used emotion driven action responses to build a system that then took all the data that was fed to it and came up with the script it did. Shows how easy it is to manipulate us I guess.

Yeah its the new one Shadow of the Tomb Raider. I am very excited about Smash Bros.

Finally put Tomb Raider to bed and it was a good game honestly. Bit draggy at points and the side missions are not so well thought out at times but its enjoyable for the money you pay. I wish they'd done more to make it challenging even on higher difficulties. Most of the acclaimed puzzle solving in tombs was way too straight-forward and lacked any real challenge as well. Last in the series too so it will be nice to see who takes a stab at it next. Now, back into RDR and hopefully done before the Xmas season comes around and Smash Bros. takes over.

That is going to be some serious backlog playing. Can't speak much for the Hitman series but those last three are pure gold and I'd even rate GoW higher than RDR and Horizon (which I thought was one of the best games i played in 2017)

At the rate this tech is moving along I think this isn't very far plus its economically a no-brainer for any nation considering you don't have to really feed or take care of these kinds of weapons. Fun times ahead. My bet is on the next step to be an exo-skeletal system for deployment purposes that is 100% unmanned and has multi-terrain maneuverability with sight clearance options because ... why would you want to leave anyone or anything alive anyways when the risk factor is so low.

I think AI has lots of good practical applications weapon-tech-wise or not here are some scenarios I can see it being used. Surgery - 9 out of 10 chances are that a human can make a mistake during invasive surgery and it does happen which why medicine is probably the best covered business by insurances. Take the human out of the equation and couple AI with robotics to perform the surgery. Prosthesis - One of the biggest problems with modern-day prosthetic surgery and replacement is their inability to adapt to situations fast enough and more importantly their inability to adapt to the wearer and his/her needs. This is where AI, once again coupled with bionics/robotics, can start to make a huge difference. Take the simple example of leg replacements and the bionics involved in keeping pressure, stability and precision for things like foot movement. Today, this is achieved by sheer mechanics that doesn't allow room for too much beyond what physics has in store for the wearer. But imagine if the AI was able to work with the prosthetic to offer things that our regular limbs could do like tension management of limbs to cushion falls or automatic prevention of discomfort by administering the drugs based on synapse reading and user monitoring. The applications here are endless and while most of what we read is really geared towards AI being by itself this coupling is where we'll start to see the biggest breakthroughs in the technology. Medical Care - People who require round the clock medical care generally end up getting a nurse/caregiver to be with them to do things like monitor their well-being, administer drugs, ensure that in the case of an emergency the patient gets the best care possible. But if you had an AI that was capable of doing all this and couple it with the fact that it never goes off or takes a break then you could get these machines to start taking care of people with a better chances of success. Now for the outlandish stuff Accident Prevention Systems - Imagine you're in a high speed car accident and need medical care. The chances of an ambulance reaching you via the road is directly dependent on the road being free to allow that response unit to get to you. Furthermore, a response unit is a waiting system, it gets activated when the accident is reported, not when it occurs. If you had a system that monitored highways and acted on the scene to remove victims of the accidents from the scene and even administer medical-aid then you give the response unit a chance to get there and the victims of the crash to survive as well. Troop Deployment and Enforcement Systems - The biggest problem with deployments in any war is that the core system for deployment isn't making the decisions for safety. Targets aren't really recognizable even if tech is provided because lets face it we're only human and even if a targeting system could find all the targets its not smart enough to make a decision on the level of threat posed or provide instant counter-measures to ensure the deployment block is safe from harm. If the system was able to make those decisions and do any of the following - call for support, neutralize threats, provide auto-shielding then countries and military personnel would be much safer and loss of troops and lives would be reduced. Furthermore, the ability to deploy troops anywhere on a field with the minimum loss of life could be achieved with more combat experience thereby increasing the chances to win. Education and Learning - This one probably has the highest benefit out of the lot for me. AI could improve learning by catering to students based on evaluation and circumspection of their learning patterns. For e.g. students who excel at Math but tend to do poorly at Literature could be given specialized learning course patterns that enforce the weaker of the two learning curves using historical information from first-contact to goal fruition. Imagine a teacher that is always around to help whenever necessary and has the ability to change its teaching pattern based on your learning skill tree. Most if not all the stuff I have mentioned isn't really science-fiction. Robotics is progressing at an alarming rate and AI in its infancy is capable of making smart decisions where necessary to re-enforce the physical demands of the robotics. The question isn't really when anymore, the question is who is going to do this. When I look at things like what MIT is doing with prosthesis, B.Dynamics is doing with robotics and now what China has done with an AI that is able to mimic human expression through speech I don't think its too far fetched to think that most of this will come in the next decade ahead or earlier. There are far more creative things like space exploration, setting up colonies based on habitat analysis and reconstruction, safety management in apartments, crowd control during riots, etc. but those will all come in due course once the systems developed start to learn and improve based on their first-contact to them being able to make decisions on their own.

I will say im not surprised at all by this. I think its only natural they went this way because lets be honest exploring all avenues is the only way to advance weaponry and AI. No one is willing to let kids do it so China said fuck it we will. I think they're to develop something quite surreal in the next few years and I believe S.Korea wont be far behind them either because their AI + Robotics development is quite fascinating.

Thats so Goan its even if its fake people would believe it.

I hope they get some good data and of course take some great pictures of the surface for analysis as well. This reminds me of another article I read some time back about taking pictures in space and the challenges associated with it. https://www.diyphotography.net/nasa-astronauts-shoot-raw-challenges-photography-space/

I wouldn't say sooner rather than later but if you're interested in seeing how robotics has caught up recently take a look at these folks and some of the crazy things they are making robots do. https://www.bostondynamics.com/

I'd imagine digital intonation wouldn't allow for something to be created that way. It's quite hard to make those kinds of language dialect trees vocalize themselves when you've got spoken language. And of all the languages in the world I'd imagine Mandarin being the hardest because to the way context is actually calculated. Still, it is quite a feat and they've now started to use something which I think has good applications for news networks too. The real question is whats next?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/09/worlds-first-ai-news-anchor-unveiled-in-china

Oh I embrace it indeed. I like this time of year its my third favorite behind Xmas which tops the entire list of holidays. Oh we always have good weather, its so nice outside right now I wouldn't want to be in the humidity you'll are in. I was there two weekends back and the minute I was out of the airport my shirt decided it wanted to stick to my back. Not that I mind of course but after living in Bangalore for so long now its hard to deal with humidity on a daily basis.

Delhi has such terrible pollution that if you're not used to it you'd probably get sick. I'm in Bangalore and it wasn't so bad last night but honestly my lungs are feeling a bit of it today and theres more of it tonight as well. Have a Guju community next door and they'll be celebrating into the night.

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Thanks Stan and Happy New Year to you in advance. I spent the night bursting and inhaling so much firecracker smoke but man it was a lot of fun.

What kind of fucking voodoo is this. Everytime we have something go our way these international breaks just fuck it up for us.

If you're Daniel Sturridge then the door just opened for a chance to show the manager what you can do. Its a shame really because out of our front three I thought Mane was the most sharpest.