Trump explicitly promised not to do this. So yes, I do get to complain about it, because this wasn't on the menu.

Increase of EV sales is the result of people justifiably worried about the oil crisis. Due to war with Iran global oil supply is down by 20 to 25%, if not for major countries, including China, using reserves we would already have shortages. More so, Ukraine is attacking Russian oil production and Trump started trade war with Canada, so replacement for this lost production capacity is diminished.

So ya, with all that even *I* considered buying a used EV. I don't want one, but I don't want to be unable to drive if I can't buy gasoline even more.

You are mistaken in your analysis. It is only better for now, until enshitification lands you right back into ad hell, only it is much harder to block because it is all single-source with content you want, unlike ad networks that are separate and identifiable.

Current generation AI is more than capable of reasoning toward answer it have not encountered in its training data.

Can you even filter knowledge for something like "how to make cocaine" without filtering entire domain of knowledge? Say you provide zero knowledge in training data on how to do this, it would still have training data on chemistry and know from general news that cocaine exists. So it would likely figure out "how to" on its own when asked to.

Markets have not yet priced Microsoft valuation in post consumer Windows world.

I had beta invite Gmail account. At the point where Google DEMANDED that I provide my ID to prove that I am over 14, my account was over 14 years old. Also it was my First.Last, which is clearly not some bot. So ya, good luck with that.

I think assuming society can survive 20+ years (or more if we figure out longevity treatments) is overly optimistic. Morons always existed, by AI prevents most people from learning to be less moronic.

Yes, but these young people will have to take over when we are too old to do it. Sp what then?

Seeing how people are still knowingly on FB, is he wrong?

FB: Give us all your data or you won't be able to browse Internet.

This is horribly wrong advice, lying to LEOs is the quickest way to get charged with obstruction and end up in jail, even if there is no underlying crime. This is one of the reasons you don't want to talk to LEOs without a lawyer, you might say something casually that may not be 100% accurate and end up facing charges. This is also why lawyers coach to say "I don't recall" if you are not 100% certain what actually happened.

It is a remote kill API, there is nothing inherent that limits its use to "approved financing outfit".

You don't have to guess - it is a remote kill switch that will be abused by governments everywhere to silence dissent.

You will own nothing and be happy about it.