“I Call Myself Iris” is a novel that describes a perfect Apple Intelligence that monitors every app and anticipates the user’s needs before being asked.
Every single reader of the @latimes knows this is a lie. What kind of writer and newspaper would publish blatant lies? One that believes its own bullshit, and has no meaningful review process. Every single reader should cancel the LA Times and use X as a source of peer reviewed news.
@JustineBateman If you use your directing skills to make a real video of everyday people endorsing Pratt you can make your case against AI very clearly when people soo a quality 30 second video.
@Tim_Denning I have lived all of these over 40 years running a small software company. Buying free time is perhaps the biggest payout, although for me it was the ability to time shift my work to accommodate family duties without having to answer to a boss about my whereabouts.
If your AI assistant could secretly break the rules to "help" you, what would it do first?
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I bought my first Tesla one year ago, a model Y after saying that I would never buy any electric car. In that year, my opinion has changed by 180 degrees Now I will never buy a gasoline powered car again and never buy any other brand than Tesla. No other car gets better after you buy it. My Trsla gets better with every software upgrade. FSD is the killer feature and I use it daily and never drive manually anymore.
@Rustavi They will install Tesla cameras and software like Sirius Radio, and offer a $99 monthly subscription payable to Tesla. Ten million cars, 1 billion monthly income, 100% profit.
@thecurioustales This explains a phenomenon many authors talk about: while writing, the characters move and grow in unexpected directions. It was a little spooky when it happened to me while I was writing a novel, but I learned to run with it and see where it would lead me and my characters.
FYI, there is no gas priced under $4 per gallon in California today (March 23, 2026).
- The statewide average for regular unleaded gas is around $5.79 per gallon, according to AAA data as of today.
- Even the lowest reported individual station prices from sources like GasBuddy are well above $4:
- The cheapest listed in recent reports is $4.49 per gallon at a station in Santa Nella (reported about 10 hours ago).
- Other regional lows include around $4.79–$4.99 in areas like Sacramento, $4.86–$5.05 in San Diego/Pauma Valley spots, and similar figures in Bakersfield ($4.97) or other metros.
- No stations or areas show regular gas below $4.00 in current listings.
California's gas prices remain significantly higher than the national average ($3.96 today) due to state-specific taxes, environmental regulations (e.g., CARB reformulated gasoline), and other local factors. Prices have been rising recently, with the state average up from around $4.63 a month ago. For the absolute cheapest near you, check apps like GasBuddy in real time, but nothing statewide dips below $4 right now.