GBA PRESENTS- the public games

Darc?
He's a good guy.

I have some bets today.

$300 SF Giants // $200 Diamondbacks $100 Reds ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Astros I think too....

I'll come back and tell you which one's we placed. Maybe all. These are the games I like today.
 
stonedinvestor said:
I had whipped potatoes the way the French do em' freakin wonderful.

Whole chicken. Bread. Asparagas. Desert. $100+

During dinner I couldn't stop thinking: What if there is no end market for AI... It's really going to be a close call. More and more people I talk to question whether they need AI in their lives more and more folks are telling me screw AI I'm not upgrading.

This story is fascinating.

Google has pulled its controversial Olympics ad after critics blasted it for portraying what they called a bleak application of artificial intelligence.

The ad showed a father using Google’s Gemini AI chatbot to help his daughter write a fan letter to US Olympic track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. But many online questioned why Google would want to replace a child’s creativity with words written by a computer.

Google initially defended the ad, which ran during breaks from the Olympics, saying it showed how Gemini could provide a “starting point” for a piece of writing. But on Friday, the company reversed course.

“While the ad tested well before airing, given the feedback, we have decided to phase the ad out of our Olympics rotation,” a Google spokesperson said in a statement.

The ad marked a striking miss for the tech giant, which has positioned Gemini as its answer to rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT and is working to incorporate the AI technology throughout its suite of products, including Google Search and Gmail.

And it underscored a broader fear around artificial intelligence that the technology could take away jobs from people in creative fields, such as writers, musicians and visual artists.

Apple faced similar backlash earlier this year when it released an ad that showed symbols of human creativity — paint cans, musical instruments, a sculptural bust of a human head — being crushed by a giant hydraulic press and replaced by an iPad Pro, to the tune of Sonny & Cher’s “All I Ever Need Is You.” Apple quickly apologized for “missing the mark” with the advertisement.
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Google takes another hit today...

Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in online search, a judge ruled. The decision may alter the way big tech companies do business.
The ruling was the first antitrust decision of the modern internet era in a case against a technology giant. “Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,” Judge Amit Mehta said in his ruling.
Monday, August 5, 2024 3:20 PM ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/05/technology/google-antitrust-ruling.html
 
stonedinvestor said:
Since nobody came through with any Bargain Bin Ideas I'll do it myself.

STONEY'S BIN:)

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I know you already own it, but CHDN at $130 might be a decent buy for anyone else. :thumbsup:
 
Nice one/// It is really confusing as to what is a bargain and what is not

If you believe we are NOT heading for recession-- that's my camp--then you are forced to look at tech here.

EA is a chicken-way to get feet wet... and you still could get hurt./

FFIV. I ran a little blurb this AM-- lets take a look this used to be a very good company.
 
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