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The Turbulent Past and Uncertain Future of Artificial Intelligence

Cars That Think

Yes, it's possible that we're in for yet another AI winter in the not-so-distant future. But the cheap computers that supplanted expert systems turned out to be a boon for the connectionists, who suddenly had access to enough computer power to run neural networks with many layers of artificial neurons.

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Report: Future BMW I3 Will Be Less Weird Than Original

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BMW definitely needs to bring to market an affordable, compact car,” Weber said. "We Despite global economic situations looking poised to toss a large portion of the planet into a subsistence mindset that would favor cheap, reliable transportation, most companies still seem to be prioritizing larger vehicles with broader profit margins.

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Revealed! Aussie-bound Zeekr 7X is yet another Chinese rival for the Tesla Model Y

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Definitely on the radar,” Zeekr Australia marketing chied Andrew Haurissa told EV Central. According to future model plans leaked in China earlier this year, larger DX1E, EX1E and Grampus SUVs are also planned, along with a C-segment wagon and another large people-mover codenamed Beluga (sounds big!).

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Robots and Humans Make Murals Together

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Robots are also well known for not being especially creative—depending I suppose on your definition of “creative.” Future instantiations of this system will hopefully be easier to use; as a research project, it requires a lot of calibration and the hardware can be a bit of a hassle to manage.

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SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell to oversee Starship program, Starbase facilities

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If he wants Twitter to survive, let alone thrive, it appears that Musk will have to divert most of his attention to the social media app for the indefinite future, forcing him to step back from some of his day-to-day work at SpaceX and Tesla. More importantly, Starship, according to CEO Elon Musk, is the future of all SpaceX programs.

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Report: Automakers Collectively Revise Goals for Electric Vehicles

The Truth About Cars

A once clear vision of a rapid transition to an electric vehicle future has blurred. CEO Thomas Schäfer has since expressed a desire to see the company pivot toward hybrid vehicles as a stepping stone to the all-electric future it promised after the Dieselgate scandal where it was fined heavily by government regulators.

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The Boring Company’s skeptics need to calm down about the LVCC Loop

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” Tech publication Futurism argued that the LVCC Loop is “incredibly inefficient.” One thing that Boring Company critics typically forget is the fact that the LVCC Loop’s tunnels are incredibly cheap and quick to build. ” Even dedicated EV blogs have dismissed the project as “boring.”

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