Just because it's possible doesn't mean it is clearly the answer. Is a transformer model truly likely to require less compute than current methods? We can't even run models like Veo 3 on consumer hardware at their current level of quality.

But if it is all handled locally on my device, the idea is that there is no intrusion

Software assistants summarising all my communications is intrusive, regardless of where the model runs.

How is it intrusive? Given charitable assumptions like granular permissions, silod app data only extracted through intents, and using only local compute?

I'm all for questioning Google on whether those assumptions will be true and no data leaves your phone, but I'm curious about the concept.

You're carrying an always on mic wired up to a closed source system with you everywhere you go already. It was already possible to stream or record everything anyway.

That's how it always starts, but people still fall for it every time.

Exactly this. Lots of bus depots all around NYC. Several across Staten Island alone.

My uncle worked at the MTA for his entire career as a bus mechanic. My favorite story was when a rep from a company selling "green" buses was visiting. Rep said "These buses never break! You guys might be out of work." and then asked "So when do the buses stop running for the day?"

He was less confident in the reliability of his product when he learned the buses in NYC don't stop.

Unfortunately the logic behind the buy box isn't quite that clear.

They could also prefer a listing for a higher price from an established seller over a listing from a new seller, even if they're the brand owner.

They "could" do anything you can posit. This doesn't seem unfortunate - their incentives are well aligned with customer preference.

Yes, but in practice regulatory agencies can be fairly non-communicative with the companies that they regulate.

I work in the dietary supplements industry, and while people love to call the space unregulated, it's moreso that regulations remain unenforced. So much so that companies often have to ask the FDA for clarification around ambiguous regulations. And the FDA is often keen on not responding. You often find out because the FDA's decided to enforce a rule, one that the industry will have asked for clarification about countless times beforehand.

If regulatory agencies have ample opportunity to clarify ambiguous regulations, they should be doing so. They should not leave it ambiguous until somebody gets hit with a fine. That does not serve public interest.

Completely agree here. My company interviews for and hires based on soft skills.

Yeah, certain hard skills help. I don't want to teach you excel or basic computer skills.

But we work in data analytics/marketing and my coworkers consist of people like a theater major, an anthropologist, someone that previously negotiated govt contracts for Lockheed, a sommelier, and more. Yeah, we hire mostly at entry level, but our team is highly capable because they were hired based on curiosity, critical thinking skills, etc and taught by the people who possess hard skills

to paraphrase a State Dept. interview I was in: we can't teach communication, intuition, drive, or curiosity -- not when you're 25. those skills can be taught, but if you're not demonstrating those now we can't help you.

Corporate dispensaries, which are very prevalent, are notoriously lower quality

Big corps are already an issue. They may not be able to move product over borders, but they can move money and resources

That was fun. My folks place is essentially a 5 minute drive from the epicenter. I'm about an hours drive. Our experience was pretty similar.

Looks like reported depth was 5km, making this a very shallow earthquake

This was my thought as well. Why are we assuming they'd even have access to many preserved audio recordings knowing that they destroyed all computers? The Butlerisn Jihad was thousands of years before the events of the movie.