I felt the article was lacking a reference to the person who made reverse osmosis into a real solution for desalination, Prof. Sidney Loeb. A brilliant yet unassuming man.
10 years ago the initials DHH would be instantly recognizable to any HNer. I remember joining when the ROR-Django wars were raging. Times have changed.
Okay, a particular person got an offer that amortized out comes to a billion over four years. How is this radically different from all the other egregious buyouts (such as whatsapp with 55 employees bought for 19 billion, when the dollar was worth a lot more)?
I did not read the entire article but did go over some parts. To sum up: whatever can done over a screen and requires less synchronous dialog with a human - to AI.
Dick is one of the writers that accompanied me in my youth, along with the Golden Agers (IA, RAH, AC etc.). His books are the base for many SF tv/movies. Total Recall, The Man in the High Castle, and others. This story, written in the fifties, is eerily evocative of todays drone warfare.
Curious to know what ages his relatives got to (who survived wars/infections) Parents, grandparents, siblings, etc. The article doesn't mention anything about it.