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THE TIME TRAVELING HUNTERMAN PROBLEM SOLVED AND CONSIDERED WORSE THAN EVER
UPS ORION IS SKYNET
SUSPECTED VURNRABLE TO DYNAMIC COMPLEX FULL SPECTRUM ATTACK
https://i.imgur.com/ntdlnfc.png
https://www.google.com/search?q=ups+orion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5T9VipTCaA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_salesman_problem
https://www.google.com/search?q=terminator+orion&tbm=isch
https://www.google.com/search?q=ups+orion&tbm=isch
https://www.google.com/search?q=constellation+orion&tbm=isch
ANALYSIS
1) I suspect the savings in fuel and time from orion today are atleast
half as real as ups claims.
2) The source of those savings is highly non-random and certainly not
evenly distributed accross the fleet.
3) Savings are coming from areas with higher route complexity and
delivery density variation. Higher static uncertainty. (im saying
everything is fixed, no traffic, the only thing that changes is the
delivery points for the day)
San Jose.
Example, just take any really complex set of roads and then vary
delivery points and priorities on them. Orion can probably generate a
better route very much instantly, than the old system in that area. If
your not familar with the area, then you don't have to consider it
since it does it instantly.
4) It probably can't intergrate intelligence in real time any better
than coming up with a set of compatible corrections to what it
actually knows about. No computer system that is deployed even for the
us military can even do that yet. Uber, Eaze, ETC, no one does it
better than a skilled and experienced human.
4a) 'mychoice?' This maybe conflating problems. Illogistical but
common move, they are changing two things at once, harder to tell
where the bug is, but probably just both changes differently.
5) If your a highly intelligent experienced driver in an area with
lower static complexity and dynamic complexity then its possible orion
might show you one or two tricks, but overall you will probably do
worse since you know candy land rainbow road like shortcuts and every
other relevant dynamic pattern to consider. A computer gamer in
Jamestown/Newport News general area would be consider oldpro playing
easy mode in contrast to the worst drivers in the most complex areas.
6) DID I MENTION THAT UPS DOESN'T WANT ITS BEST DRIVERS TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES
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