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Rule of the Robots: Warning Signs

Cars That Think

In a December 2019 Wired magazine interview, Jerome Pesenti, Facebook's Vice President of AI, suggested that even for a company with pockets as deep as Facebook's, this would be financially unsustainable: When you scale deep learning, it tends to behave better and to be able to solve a broader task in a better way.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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The whole infrastructure needs to be revamped, from electrical generation to transmission of to user sources and, finally, how to make plug-in sites available to city dwellers? February 17, 2009 8:45 am Link It’s doubtful the current grid configuration could handle any significant demand when the cars of the future are plugged-in.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

But it would have made EV’s better for 10 yrs until now had they been available. Used Cell phone tower battery takeouts are inexpensive and available about everywhere if you call around. Li though have many different types, weigh less and more power. Now add much cheaper materials and NiMH is now obsolete. Staff Tom Zeller Jr.

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