239 karma · joined April 15, 2020
this behaviour is quite common in cattle and other animals, often seen rubbing or using sticks to scratch spots. sometimes it is dangerous as they find fences with nail poking out and cut themselves when rubbing to to calm an itch.
90% of the time it is spend analyzing data or writing up proposals/grants/papers. i don't think AI was the turning point.
what they are probably doing however is testing the feasibility for a solar laser weapon as seen in many sci-fi shows
my macbook pro on the other hand is still going after 10 years, and even tho i upgraded i kept it as it was too solid to throw away.
and then people complain why ther doctors burn out. what do you expect when you ingrained on them that every hour not booked is $80 lost, so we need to book them 24/7, cut their lunch break and squeeze every inch of life from them.