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A bit off-topic, but: is Amazon the only company with substantial machine learning talent that doesn't seem to be working on a self-driving car? Are the people
by thinkling 9y ago
A bit off-topic, but: is Amazon the only company with substantial machine learning talent that doesn't seem to be working on a self-driving car? Are the people who would be doing that busy developing Amazon's drones?
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- extrapickles 9y agoI would think so. Self driving cars don't align well with what they are trying to do and everyone and their dog is working in that space, so margins will be slim. Drones let them ship things much faster to customers for cheaper than existing techniques and its easy to see how that helps their business. Margins of existing players in this space are typically much higher, which is something Amazon likes to go after (just look at pre-AWS hosting costs).
- karthkk 9y agoI would not be surprised if they are working on consumer robots too. They are probably way ahead already in their deployment of warehouse robots.
- mholmes680 9y agomaybe they just see self-driving as D.O.A right now. Or simply, lower priority? Maybe they're just better at keeping it a secret (given the parent comment by the throwaway id). If Amazon can figure out a way to get self-driving car aligned with a) Alexa, b) logistics, c) prime membership, and/or d) driving shopping to their marketplace - then they are obviously working on it. Or maybe, typical Amazon, they're already working on Amazon Engine, in parallel with Amazon Wheels, in parallel with Amazon Windshield, and Amazon Steering Wheel, and we'll have something that can be used as a car in a few years.