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by Zigurd 8mo ago
If it's uninsurable in the private market, that's a hint. Maybe they could pledge the pension fund.
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
Seems like an easier problem to attack than, say, slavery, women's suffrage, the draft, etc. Once you look just a bit deeper, the US system hasn't been stagnant monotonically over the long-term. Not that originalists would ever ad
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
The notion of comparative advantage says you don't. It's not NIMBYism. And it's not a good faith argument when it comes from folks who have a bunker in New Zealand.
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
Oh the smell of freshly groomed Astroturf. They should call it neighbors for a more profitably toxic environment or something like that.
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
How about we try keeping big money out of politics and using ranked preference voting before we declare democracy obsolete? People have been studying that stuff.
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
What this tells me is that major social media sites, some of which claim to be developing frontier models, have no excuse for a bots waging influence campaigns on their sites.
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
Seriously. While it can't be more than speculative, it's a pretty solid speculation that a competent follow on to Model 3 would've put the rest of the automotive industry so far behind they would never catch up. Instead, Elon
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
While we are waiting for proof that ahead of state engaged in child rape, we should maybe ponder the fact that credible allegations of child rape means that head of state has been compromised, and isn't making independent decisions in
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
The cellular modem is usually on a dedicated fuse. No need for violence unless smashing it would be satisfying.
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
That is one plausible outcome. Waymo is experimenting with partnerships with ride hailing apps on the one hand, and building their software into Toyotas on the other hand. So far they have built a few thousand vehicles in a factory run by M
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
Shoe, meet foot.
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
Maybe. But Google has been there in a sensor laden car, overhead with an airplane, and buying all the access that is available in satellite imagery, and fusing that together in a continually updated model. Plus real time data from a billion
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
No, it isn't "smarter." Camera-only driving is the product of a stubborn dogmatic boss who can't admit a fundamental error. "Just make it work" is a terrible approach to engineering.
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
Before y'all say that now everyone will be able to get Waymo's sensor suite for hundreds of dollars instead of tens of thousands, that's the easy part. Waymo benefits from Google's unparalleled geospatial data. Waymo als
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
Journalists is covering these stories could do better than to keep using the phrase "remote driving." Wayno figured out years ago that remote driving just won't work. You can't count on the data connection to the vehicle
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
The article somewhat strangely proposes a technology solution to a problem that they claim isn't a technology problem. Disclosure and reporting regulations can be enacted that don't need a technology element other than what vehicl
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
While it's valid to compare Optimus unfavorably with Atlas, both Tesla and Boston Dynamics are not mainstream robotics companies. That may sound strange, but robots that companies buy and use in actual factories are made by neither of
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
It's a complicated thing. If you read the H1B Visa requirements as plain English, they are restrictive enough to prevent the abuse of those visas is a tool for holding down wages. In theory a high fee for each visa is unnecessary becau
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Behind a Potential $2.5B Deal: Hyundai and Waymo Tackle Scale Together?(autonews.gasgoo.com)
3 points by Zigurd 8mo ago|0 comments
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
If this article is correct about XAI being less than 20% of the valuation of the combined entity, after having already been diluted by the Twitter merger, the XAI cofounders and top talent that recently left had a pretty good reason to be d
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The sale of xAI comes with tax, financial and legal benefits for investors(reuters.com)
2 points by Zigurd 8mo ago|2 comments
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
While computer languages are different and significantly simpler than human languages, LLMs as coding agents don't seem phased by being told to implement in one language based on an example in another. Before they were general purpose
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
Waymo Driver 6 works. Level 4 automation, in commerce. Mercedes and BMW have level 3 driver assist, in contrast with Tesla at level 2. Do you know a meme stock P/E ratio when you see one?
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
Based on the code that it's good at, and the code that it's terrible at, you are exactly right about LLMs being shaped by their training material. If this is a fundamental limitation I really don't see general purpose LLMs pr
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
Batteries are boring, or at least the hype has a short shelf life. There are enough normies making progress on batteries that Elon hasn't got a credible argument that he is different and better. Same for cheap Teslas. Some hype trains
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
To be maximally reductive, FSD will never work because the sensor suite is deficient. There are other reasons but that one's enough. Same for a rocket that's ridiculously large for orbital missions but can't go beyond orbit w
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
We do know. It's a meme stock. High retail investor participation, a cult following, and constant pumping on the social network formerly known as Twitter.
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
I suppose all the lunar lander money is gone by now.
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by Zigurd 8mo ago
That was a big part of Christo's art.
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by Zigurd 9mo ago
If I had that kind of hustle, I'd be finding out who exports the losing teams T-shirts and reimport them. I'm sure some Pats fans would pay $50 a shirt to live in an alternative reality.

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