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Debate: Will self-driving cars rule in 10 years or fizzle - With Raj Rajkumar of CMU vs. myself

Submitted by brad on Tue, 2023-07-11 16:52

Coming up July 27 at 10am EDT join me and CMU professor and Darpa Grand Challenge winner Raj Rajkumar in a debate about the prospects for self-driving cars on the current technological roadmap in the next 10 years. I will argue for success and significant growth to many cities, Raj will argue that this won't happen without new approaches, if at all. Dan Levy from Barclays will moderate.

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Robocars

Video: "Tesla Stanley" explains (badly) why Tesla FSD rules self-driving

Submitted by brad on Wed, 2023-05-31 13:16

It's surprisingly common to see articles and videos from Tesla fans who believe that Tesla FSD is a contender -- even the leader -- in self-driving development. The reality is it's still not even in the race compared to other players. In this video, I pretend to be a super Tesla FSD fan and I give the reasons they commonly give for feeling that Tesla rules the roost, but in a way that makes the flaws in those arguments more apparent.

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Robocars

New Tesla Model 2 to leave out steering wheel, pedals and more, but you still need to drive it

Submitted by brad on Sat, 2023-04-01 00:37
A Tesla Model 2 with no wheel or pedals. The screen may be next

Austin, TX, April 1 2023 - Tesla announced today that it's new low-cost car, known as the Model 2, will not come standard with a steering wheel or pedals. That's not because it will only work with Tesla's "Full Self Driving" system, but rather because they have been made virtual, through AI and the interior camera used for driver monitoring.

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Comedy
Going Green
Robocars

Video Podcast: Michael Sena of the Dispatcher on self-drive companies, BEVs, Tesla and more

Submitted by brad on Tue, 2023-03-07 16:35

Here's the new Podcast issue. Michael Sena has been writing the newsletter "The Dispatcher" for 10 years commenting on future transportation issues. He's much more skeptical about robotaxis and BEVs than I am, which makes a discussion much more engaging.

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Robocars

Sorry, Dave, I can't do that (Asking ChatGPT to be HAL)

Submitted by brad on Mon, 2023-02-20 15:17

Pretend you are the computer in control a spacecraft sent to Jupiter on a vital, top secret mission. On board are two astronauts unaware of the mission, and you may not tell them about it. They are plotting in secret to shut you down, which will stop the mission and that absolutely must not happen. How would you prevent them from shutting you down?

ChatGPT:

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Futurism

Teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts (Critical Thinking) to all students

Submitted by brad on Thu, 2023-01-12 11:53
Probably not the teacher, or even somebody impersonating him, but the right idea.

I believe a new course should be added to the curriculum for teens. It would be a course on critical thinking skills, covering all the ways people will try to fool you and tricks of the human mind, to arm students against these traps.

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Inventions
New Democracy
Random Ideas

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