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Author
Brendan Dixon

Date
August 23, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Global Technology

Tagged
NHTSA, Road safety, Robbie Miller, self-driving cars, Uber}

Are self-driving cars really safer?

_{A former Uber executive says no. Before we throw away the Driver’s Handbook…} _{Brendan Dixon

August 23, 2019

Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Global Technology}

Current claims that self-driving cars are safer are hype, not measurement. Meanwhile, Congress is expected to push for legislation next month to pave the way for widespread use of self-driving vehicles without a consensus on safety standards. Read More ›

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Author
Robert J. Marks

Date
August 1, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Education, Work

Tagged
apple, Augmented Reality, Donald Trump, Google, Microsoft, Spelling, Tom Caudell, Uber}

Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene: How to Spell Gud

_{Also, Google and Apple ditching college degree requirements is not really that new} _{Robert J. Marks

August 1, 2019

Artificial Intelligence, Education, Work}

Twenty years or so ago, when I worked in Seattle, Microsoft was famous for the testing coding skills of their applicants and asking Mensa-like questions. Degrees were secondary.

Even Uber didn’t believe in Uber’s self-driving taxis

_{We found that out after Google’s Waymo sued the company} _{Brendan Dixon

July 24, 2019

Business and Finance, Machine Learning}

Optimism is not driving the recent collaboration and corporate consolidation in the self-driving car industry. Rather, their retrenchment is protection against an uncertain future.