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AI ethics ringing alarm bells about the looming specter of AI biases at massive global scale, especially fueled via looming fully autonomous systems

Posted on Jul 13, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Plato famously stated that a good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. This keen insight seems amazingly prescient about...

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What’s the tech background of an autonomous-vehicle engineer?

Posted on Jul 12, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Cruise, the San-Francisco–based designer and operator of all-electric self-driving cars, employs nearly 2,000 engineers, including...

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Tesla vs. Nvidia positioning in autonomy, inflation expectations and signs of capitulation

Posted on Jul 11, 2022 in Markets, Perspective, Technology

In this week’s Weekly Insights we focus on Tesla vs. Nvidia positioning in autonomy, inflation expectations and signs of...

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AI ethics exasperated by those gaslighting AI-focused edgelords that goadingly say outlandishly infuriating things about AI ethics and AI autonomous systems

Posted on Jul 10, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

There are some people that seem to have as their life mission the purpose of goading and infuriating the rest of us. You assuredly know...

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Tesla Full Self Driving Beta: 5 strikes, you’re out!

Posted on Jul 9, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

I thought I had written my last article on FSD Beta until I got access again. However, with almost 300 comments on my last article, I need...

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The self-driving big rigs that you’ll see on the highway soon

Posted on Jul 9, 2022 in Perspective, Trucks

If you’re blasé about autonomous cars, don’t throw self-driving trucks out with them. Both aim to automate activity on the...

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XPeng CEO explores current upsides & downsides of XPeng self-driving tech

Posted on Jul 8, 2022 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Perspective, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

Every automaker and their cousin is going to lead us into an autonomous driving future … according to their press departments. In...

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The future of parcel shipping and delivery

Posted on Jul 8, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

The future of parcel shipping is endless—the cliché of all clichés, but what does that really mean? It means technology. From pick-up...

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Cruise robotaxis keep stalling on SF streets, how upset should we be?

Posted on Jul 8, 2022 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Numerous reports have emerged of multiple robotaxis from GM’s Cruise unit stalling on San Francisco streets, sometimes blocking...

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AI ethics struggles with that pervasive AI optimization mindset when it comes to devilishly underplaying or outright skirting around ethical AI precepts amidst autonomous systems

Posted on Jul 7, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

My code runs faster than your code. My program takes up less memory than yours does. The telltale undercurrent here is regarding...

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Autonomous vehicles are a dream for drug smugglers — and the law must prepare

Posted on Jul 7, 2022 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation

Level 5 autonomous vehicles (AVs) will allow shipping companies to significantly decrease their costs and their liability as they will no...

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AI ethics perturbed by latest China devised AI party-loyalty mind-reading facial recognition attestation that might foreshadow oppressive autonomous systems

Posted on Jul 5, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Are you loyal? In theory, it might be possible to examine your overt deeds and ascertain whether loyalty is exhibited by your actions....

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Geely is launching satellites in a bid to bring driverless cars to China

Posted on Jul 5, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

More than any other Chinese billionaire, Li Shufu has global ambitions. While many of his peers have focused on China’s huge domestic...

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AI ethics starkly questioning human voice cloning such as those of your deceased relatives, intended for use in AI autonomous systems

Posted on Jul 2, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Oops, a seemingly nifty piece of new tech has gotten itself and its maker into a bit of hot water. I’m referring to the emergence of...

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Behind the scenes of Waymo’s worst automated truck crash

Posted on Jul 2, 2022 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

The most serious crash to date involving a self-driving truck might have resulted in only moderate injuries, but it exposed how unprepared...

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How autonomous mobile clinics can transform healthcare in least developed countries

Posted on Jul 1, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal 3, or SDG 3, declared a universal health goal to “ensure healthy lives and promote...

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Aurora’s autonomous tests in Texas keep rolling

Posted on Jul 1, 2022 in Perspective, Technology, Trucks

After lumbering through a gravel parking lot like a big blue bull, one of Aurora Innovation Inc.’s self-driving truck prototypes took a...

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The role of government in autonomous vehicles and the behavioral changes we might expect

Posted on Jul 1, 2022 in Perspective, Policy & Regulation, Technology

This article is Part 3 of a three-part series from an interview on the Forbes Futures in Focus podcast featuring Jesse Levinson, CTO and...

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Self-driving cars work better with smart roads

Posted on Jun 29, 2022 in Infrastructure, Perspective, Technology

Enormous efforts have been made in the past two decades to create a car that can use sensors and artificial intelligence to model its...

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AI ethics skeptical about establishing so-called red flag AI laws for calling out biased algorithms in autonomous AI systems

Posted on Jun 29, 2022 in Perspective, Technology

Let’s talk about Red Flag Laws. You undoubtedly know that the notion of Red Flag Laws has been widely covered in the news lately....

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