I have always gone through phases of drinking heavily, drinking lightly and then not drinking at all. My judgement has always been... is this thing controlling my life? Is this need to drink alcohol determining my daily schedule? Addiction runs in my family, alcohol, prescription drugs, nicotine... whatever it may be…

I wonder what Democratic proposed gun law would have stopped this one? I’m sorry but banning guns outright in this country will never work, there is no closing of that Pandora’s Box

So your answer is to deploy tear gas? Something that will indiscriminately harm anyone not wearing a mask that can also travel anywhere with the wind? Something that a trained soldier(which these men appeared to have been) has been taught how to resist? Something that would also obscure the line of sight police…

No you made a retarded comment because of the situation in Dallas... how the police used a bomb disposal robot to take this man out after they had him cornered... he made it clear he was going to take as many police lives as possible... he told police he had a bomb and others planted around... and the guy had already…

? you know what, you’re not even worth it.

And you’re a racist... congratulations.

Uh... when a person is actively declaring war on innocent people... fuck yeah bring in the drone.

What would you have done? They had him cornered, they brought in a negotiator to try and talk him down... some reports saying they spent 45 minutes trying to get him to surrender... but he was determined to take the lives of as many police officers as possible before he went. He also claimed he had a bomb on him and…

It’s the fact that anytime a white cop shoots a black male... it is all over the news and Obama makes a speech... white man gets shot by a cop... no news stories.... 64 people get shot in Chicago over July 4th weekend... no major news stories... no speeches by Obama. Explain that to me. I can wait

I can answer some of this since I have a concealed carry permit and have been stopped several times by police.

What’s the tax rate in your country might I ask? Because as a single man with no kids... I can tell you that when all is said in done I’m paying ~35-40 cents on every dollar I make to the government. How much more do they need? I completely understand that the big problem with our Government is corruption, but the…

On paper that is a great idea, but with the lack of people going into law enforcement and the restrictions on WHO can join there would not be enough officers to guarantee a rookie would always be with a veteran cop. On top of that, what happens when the veteran cop is shot dead by an armed assailant? What’s the…

Did you happen to stop and think that maybe the amount of training on how to shoot a gun could be related to the fact that this is the South where most people grow up around guns? Or maybe they don’t train them for thousands of hours on how to shoot a pistol because they DON’T want them to be comfortable pulling that…

This is irresponsible writing... you mention that Louisiana is an Open Carry state... that is true... but what you failed to mention is that Alton Sterling was not open carrying a firearm... he was concealed carrying a firearm(it was in his pocket not visible... not in a holster on his side where it is clearly…

I still don’t think you are understanding this thought experiment, there are situations that can occur where an AI has to make a decision to take multiple lives or one life... does it put more lives at risk... or just the passengers life at risk? That is the thought experiment and a good one, it has nothing to do with…

I think you’re missing the point of this whole thought experiment... imagine a situation where there is no right answer or way to avoid the wreck... does the autonomous AI try to save your life primarily, or the most lives in total...

“The point of Christianity isn’t “ha ha, you’re a sinner and I’m better than you,” it’s to love others as they are, without reservation and without judgement.” THIS, SO MUCH THIS!

More like weight sensors/ heat sensors inside of the car relay to another car via laser/gps based on location/ radio signal... whatever that “hey my car has 4 occupants, two of which are kids” vs “my vehicle has one adult occupant”

Yeah it’s just an interesting thought experiment, there really isn’t a right or wrong answer. Completely depends on your personal viewpoints, but at some point the person programming the AI would have to take that into account.

That is certainly an interesting idea, you could also have the cars communicate in real time when something like this happens so the family van would be instructed to slow down or provide as much room as possible while your car does the same... decreasing the impact speed to a non-fatal level if possible. There really…