article thumbnail

EV conversion business profile: British Off Road, QLD

EV Central

As an emerging force on the electric conversion front, we asked British Off Road’s Mark Calder to talk us through what’s involved, pricing and which vehicles are best suited to electromodding. EV conversion specialist British Off Road’s electric 1969 VW Beetle. Why did you start doing EV conversions? What about batteries?

article thumbnail

The Creepy New Digital Afterlife Industry

Cars That Think

Your brother raises the idea of remembering Dad at his best through a startup “digital immortality” program called 4evru. Consider that Microsoft has a patent for creating a conversational chatbot of a specific person using their “social data.” But for some, the idea that someone could actually make them live again will feel wrong.

article thumbnail

Weaponized Robots Letter Calls for Policy, Tech Fixes

Cars That Think

We’re not taking issue with weapons systems that are already governed by an international legal framework. Our goal is to arrive at something more specific than just this initial letter, which is really just the beginning of the conversation. It’s not about military robots per se , and that’s made quite clear in the letter.

Boston 93
article thumbnail

What Can AI Researchers Learn From Alien Hunters?

Cars That Think

The idea behind SETI goes back sixty years to the beginning of the space age. The large language models (LLMs) that power chatbots like ChatGPT, which can converse convincingly with humans, have renewed the discussion about AGI. We need a SETI-like approach to AGI now The last few years have shown a vast leap in AI capabilities.

Concept 137
article thumbnail

Your Life As A Digital Ghost

Cars That Think

So datafication is really, I think, quite straightforward in the sense that it’s just kind of trying to capture the idea that all of our daily behaviors and thoughts are being captured and stored as data in a computer or in computers and servers all over the world. Data are bought and sold and repackaged all the time. Are they people?

article thumbnail

Why Rip Off Creatives, If Generative AI Can Play Fair?

Cars That Think

As a result, we are talking about AI ethics issues from the very beginning, even before any sort of code has been written, when it’s just about the idea for the product. We’ll ultimately see what shakes out in terms of the courts in terms of whether this is going to be okay from a legal perspective. back to top

Building 121
article thumbnail

Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

Cars That Think

Indeed, 2022 may be the year that neurorights becomes a hot topic, bringing the young neurotech industry and the human rights community into uncomfortable conversations. Yuste, a professor of biology at Columbia University who studies neural circuitry, has been promoting the idea of neurorights for nearly a decade now. Spain’s new.

Chile 145