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    Cover songs versus the original track, which ones are better?

    Here is a weird one: written by Lionel Richie (pitched to The Commodores but rejected), first sung by Kenny Rogers in 1980, and a cover in 1998 by ... Lionel Ritchie. And finally, as a duo in 2012:
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    Cover songs versus the original track, which ones are better?

    So ... no mentions of Slaughterhouse Rock?
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

    My small rock kills your enchanted bunny.
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    Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts?

    Yep. And that is why nobody will put - or allow one to put - current AI in charge of anything serious. Machines that do not work as expected have always existed, and nobody ever pretended they had a "will" or a "mind of their own". For example: A dog is an animal with a mind of its own...
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    Bad Math Jokes

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    Undergrad Please Explain (actually explain) The Monty Hall Problem

    It is true that what you get at the end is a 50/50 odd. But the important information comes from the first round, about the odds you picked a goat: Why would you stay with a door that you are 99% sure it hides a goat when you could choose one that only has 50% chance of hiding a goat?
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    4 of 4 models of automated blood pressure cuffs fail to read my BP

    Maybe it's you. If you feel calmer with humans and/or feel "trapped" while in the machine (or just hearing the pump buzzing), your blood pressure can be higher with the machines. From my experience with one bought at a local drugstore similar to yours, taking it a second and even a third time...
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    Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts?

    The results of using a life jacket or not are well-documented. The lethal consequences have been experienced many, many times, therefore proven. As opposed to the consequences of AI you are talking about that have never been seen in the wild and are still hypothetical. Every example you gave is...
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    Is A.I. more than the sum of its parts?

    We could equally state: That we don't follow the logic or don't find it compelling does not mean it is a valid danger. I think we have gained enough experience until now to understand that we will never put today's AI in charge of anything. It is clearly unreliable. The fear of AI spreading...
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    Bad Math Jokes

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    Cover songs versus the original track, which ones are better?

    There you go :smile::
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    Collection of Lame Jokes

    Too many radios? Telescopes? Meteorites? Minerals? How cute.
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    Bad Math Jokes

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    Cover songs versus the original track, which ones are better?

    If you don't know me by now by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes: By Simply Red: