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  • DOJ does damage control as staffer admits Republicans will be redacted from Epstein files

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  • AOC and MTG, side by side, reading from the same document. Just AOC alone would let conservatives shrug off every consequential name.

  • Should Vaccines Ever be Mandated?

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  • Newborns usually aren't vaccinated until at least a few months - even then, things get introduced over time.

    An additional example, some folks can't get vaccinated due to being immunocompromised, resulting in most vaccine mechanisms not working.

  • Is empathy a sin? Some conservative Christians argue it can be

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  • It's much more enticing to publish news articles about the asshats.

  • Is empathy a sin? Some conservative Christians argue it can be

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  • If you want to try and use that as a cudgel for someone advocating to love thy neighbor, take care of the downtrodden, etc., feel free.

    Assholes are going to interpret things how they want. See the main topic of this post for reference.

    Doesn't mean you should piss in the cornflakes of folks who are advocating for objectively good things. That makes you look like an asshole.

  • Is empathy a sin? Some conservative Christians argue it can be

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  • good thing all Christians have that as their primary takeaway!

  • Is empathy a sin? Some conservative Christians argue it can be

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  • Something something splinter log in eye something

  • selfh.st: improper etiquette by 2010 standards? (trackers, no RSS) Thoughts?

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  • This is such a Lemmy/self hosted problem lol

  • Red hat = No cat

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  • Right, which uses DNF to install software

  • Red hat = No cat

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  • What do you MEAN 'dnf' stands for "do not fuck"???

  • Hertz' AI System That Scans for "Damage" on Rental Cars Is Turning Into an Epic Disaster

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  • Hertz' AI System That Scans for "Damage" on Rental Cars Is Turning Into an Epic Disaster

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  • If you think so, then you should argue that point instead of trying to short-circuit the argument by being pedantic about a logical inconsistency.

  • Hertz' AI System That Scans for "Damage" on Rental Cars Is Turning Into an Epic Disaster

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  • You’re admitting the technology is in fact flawed if you think it needed to be implemented with supervision.

    You're absolutely right. The technology isn't perfect if it needs to be implemented with supervision, but it can be good enough to have a role in everyday society.

    Great examples are self checkout lanes, where there's always an employee watching, and speed cameras, which always have an officer reviewing and signing off on tickets.

    An uno reverse is, every set of traffic lights needs a traffic controller to stop drivers running red lights.

    Traffic lights are meant to direct traffic. Yet you don't expect them to prevent folks from running red lights. Folks don't expect them to, because that's not their role in their implementation - they are meant to be used alongside folks who will enforce traffic laws, and, maybe in fact, traffic controllers. This is arguably an example of an implementation done right.

    This technology is meant to flag car damage. If there was a correct implementation, I would be able to say "folks don't expect them to be perfect, because that's not their role in their implementation - they are meant to be used alongside employees trained to verify damage exists, who can correct the algorithm if needed", but the implementation in this case is sadly bad.

    At the end of the day, you will never have a "perfect" computer vision algorithm. But you can have many "good enough" ones, depending on how they're implemented.

  • Hertz' AI System That Scans for "Damage" on Rental Cars Is Turning Into an Epic Disaster

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  • There is no human element to this implantation, it is the technology itself malfunctioning. There was no damage but the system thinks there is damage.

    Let's make sure we're building up from the same foundation. My assumptions are:

    1. Algorithms will make mistakes.
    2. There's an acceptable level of error for all algorithms.
    3. If an algorithm is making too many mistakes, that can be mitigated with human supervision and overrides.

    Let me know if you disagree with any of these assumptions.

    In this case, the lack of human override discussed in assumption 3 is, itself, a human-made decision that I am claiming is an error in implementing this technology. That is the human element. As management, you can either go on a snipe hunt trying to find an algorithm that is perfect, or you can make sure that trained employees can verify and correct the algorithm when needed. Instead hertz management chose option 3 - run an imperfect algorithm with absolutely 0 employee oversight. THAT is where they fucked up. THAT is where the human element screwed a potentially useful technology.

    I work with machine learning algorithms. You will not, ever, find a practical machine learning algorithm that gets something right 100% of the time and is never wrong. But we don't say "the technology is malfunctioning" when it gets something wrong, otherwise there's a ton of invisible technology that we all rely on in our day to day lives that is "malfunctioning".

  • Hertz' AI System That Scans for "Damage" on Rental Cars Is Turning Into an Epic Disaster

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  • Society typically understands "there's nothing wrong with x" to mean it's performing within acceptable boundaries, and not to mean that it has achieved perfection.

  • Hertz' AI System That Scans for "Damage" on Rental Cars Is Turning Into an Epic Disaster

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  • Do you hold everything to such a standard?

    Stop lights are meant to direct traffic. If someone runs a red light, is the technology not working as it should?

    The technology here, using computer vision to automatically flag potential damage, needed to be implemented alongside human supervision - an employee should be able to walk by the car, see that the flagged damage doesn't actually exist, and override the algorithm.

    The technology itself isn't bad, it's how hertz is using it that is.

    I believe the unfortunate miscommunication here is that when @Ulrich@feddit.org said the solution was brilliant, they were referring to the technology as the "solution", and others are referring to the implementation as a whole as the "solution"

  • Kentucky man wakes during organ harvesting procedure, prompting federal investigation

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  • If anyone would like to learn more about the powers that be that resulted in this disaster, here's an article that goes over how the orgs that manage organ donation, inducing pressure on medical staff and introduce a conflict of interest.

  • The Hunt For The Perfect Laptop Continues

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  • Makes sense!

  • The Hunt For The Perfect Laptop Continues

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  • To be fair though, if you're hooking up an Ethernet cord you've already lost in the "ugly and cumbersome" department.

  • The Steam controller was ahead of its time

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  • I think I remember the dual thumb, but I just remember being amazed at how responsive it was