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smart retail concept, robot service use for check the data of or Stores that stock goods on shelves with easily-viewed barcode and prices or photo compared against an idealized representation of store

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Author
News
Date
November 3, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Work

Tagged
Amazon, Autonomous cars, Boeing, driverless cars, employment, Featured, Jobs, Jonathan Bartlett, Robots, self-driving cars, Walmart}

WalMart Shelves Its Robot Inventory Clerks

_{These costly experiences are helping businesses better understand when automation works and when it just doesn’t} _{News

November 3, 2020

5

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Work}

The WalMart automation project started in 2017, as part of an effort to compete with Amazon: Walmart, which posted record online sales in its recent quarter, now has more workers walking the aisles to package online orders, extracting new data on inventory problems, people familiar with the situation told the Wall Street Journal, which was the first to report this news. Reuters Staff, “Walmart drops plans to use robots for tracking inventory” at Reuters Here’s some background: Walmart ended the partnership because it found different, sometimes simpler solutions that proved just as useful – something that came to light during the coronavirus pandemic as more shoppers flock to online delivery and pickup, forcing Walmart to have workers physically walk store Read More ›

Smart car, Autonomous self-driving concept.

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
November 2, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Ethics

Tagged
Autonomous cars, Autonomous trucks, Daimler, driverless cars, Featured, Levels of autonomy (self-driving cars), self-driving cars, Voyage (automaker), Waymo}

Daimler, Waymo, and GM Make Big Gains in Level 4 Self-Driving

_{GM has been given a permit to test five driverless cars on streets in San Francisco later this year} _{Jonathan Bartlett

November 2, 2020

4

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Ethics}

The Society for Automotive Engineering (SAE) has identified five levels of self-driving which describe how much a particular vehicle is able to handle its own driving tasks. Level 1 means that the vehicle handles either the speed or the steering, but not both, and it requires supervision. While ordinary cruise control technically falls into this level, most people associate cruise control with adaptive cruise control, which slows down or speeds up with traffic. A Level 2 car can control the speed and the steering but the driver must still maintain full vigilance. At Level 3, the driver need not maintain total vigilance but must still be able to take control upon request. Level 4 is “full self-driving” but limited to Read More ›

Ethics Integrity Fairness Ideals Behavior Values Concept

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Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
September 15, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Ethics

Tagged
Autonomous weapons, bias, Design ethics, End-user ethics, Featured, HARPY missile, IEEE Code of Ethics, self-driving cars, The Case for Killer Robots}

AI: Design Ethics vs. End User Ethics — the Difference Is Important

_{Robert J. Marks

September 15, 2020

5

Artificial Intelligence, Ethics}

The major ethical challenge in AI design is unintended consequences. It’s up to end users to debate which consequences SHOULD be intended. Read More ›

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Author
News
Date
August 28, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance

Tagged
ACES, Autonomous Vehicles, employment, Featured, Jay Richards, Job Displacement, self-driving cars, Tom Alberg, Traffic fatalities}

Autonomous Vehicles Are Not a “Rich Person’s” Technology

_{A transportation expert tells Jay Richards, alternative transport may disrupt the transportation industry but only in the short term} _{News

August 28, 2020

4

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance}

Jay Richards talked recently with Tom Alberg, Founder of the Madrona Venture Group and Co-chair of the ACES Northwest Network, about ACES’ efforts to bring Automated, Connected, Electric, and Shared vehicle technologies to the Puget Sound region: The Benefits of ACES Vehicle Technology A partial transcript follows: Jay Richards: Well, you were chairing the panel on autonomous vehicles and you’re part of an initiative here in Seattle. What do you think is the most important takeaway from that? Tom Alberg: I think that it’s really a combination of technologies. It’s both new technologies and it’s changed business models. So we formed a group here in Seattle called ACES, Autonomous, Connected, Electric, and Shared. “Shared” is really kind of the Uber Read More ›

close-up view of robot playing chess, selective focus

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks and Larry L. Linenschmidt
Date
August 27, 2020

Tagged
AI Delusion (book), Alan Turing, algorithm, Algorithm-of-the-Gaps, Algorithmic Information Theory, algorithmic intelligence, AlphaGo, Ambiguity, Artificial Intelligence, China, Chinese Room, Computer History, Computer science, Creativity, David Gelernter, Deep Blue, Deep Learning, ethics, Gary Smith, George Gilder, Go (game), human brain, hype, IBM Watson, Jay Richards, Larry L. Linenschmidt, Neural networks, non-algorithmic, Peter Thiel, qualia, Quantum Computing, Reinforcement learning, Robert J. Marks, self-driving cars, STEM fields, Supercomputers, Swarm intelligence}

Bingecast: Robert J. Marks on the Limitations of Artificial Intelligence

_{Robert J. Marks and Larry L. Linenschmidt

August 27, 2020

2}

Robert J. Marks talks with Larry L. Linenschmidt of the Hill Country Institute about nature and limitations of artificial intelligence from a computer science perspective including the misattribution of creativity and understanding to computers. Other Larry L. Linenschmidt podcasts from the Hill Country Institute are available at HillCountryInstitute.org. We appreciate the permission of the Hill Country Institute to rebroadcast this Read More ›

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Author
News
Date
July 21, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Technocracy

Tagged
___longform, Autonomous Vehicles, Bryan Mistele, David Lanza, driverless cars, John Gray, John Ioannidis, Matthew B. Crawford, Patrick Keeney, self-driving cars, Why We Drive (book)}

The Political Case Against Self-Driving Cars

_{An auto mechanic turned philosopher warns against ceding control of one’s destination to others, in the relentless pursuit of safety} _{News

July 21, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Technocracy}

Some worry about the role driverless cars might play in the next pandemic lockdown (there will be other pandemics and emergencies). David Lanza offers a thought-provoking scenario for these autonomous/self-driving vehicles: The production of driverless cars remains in its infancy, but if those cars ever become common, the government will have no problem locking us down on the slightest pretext. Driverless cars have no steering wheels and depend upon pre-programmed GPS coordinates to guide them (and us) to our destinations. Aside from entering a destination at the start of a trip, a driver has no way to direct the car. David Lanza, “Driverless Cars Will Make the Next Pandemic Crackdown Complete” at American Thinker The response to the COVID-19 crisis, Read More ›

Woman passenger sitting in the backseat and selects a route when her self-driving car rides on the highway.

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Author
News
Date
July 17, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Global Technology

Tagged
ACES, Autonomous Vehicles, Bryan Mistele, Elon Musk, Featured, Jay Richards, Millennials, ride-hailing, Ridesharing, self-driving cars, Trucking}

If Self-Driving Cars Become the Norm, What Will It Feel Like?

_{Already, Millennials are more likely than their parents to see transportation as simply a means to an end} _{News

July 17, 2020

6

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Global Technology}

Recently, Jay Richards interviewed Bryan Mistele, founder and CEO of INRIX, on the non-fiction future of the self-driving car. INRIX provides data systems for analyzing traffic issues relevant to self-driving (autonomous) vehicles. He sees a bright future, amid many misconceptions: From the interview: Jay Richards: What do you think is the key misconception that people have about this technology? Bryan Mistele: I think the biggest misconception is that it’s just about autonomous vehicles. That you’ll go to a dealer, you’ll buy an autonomous vehicle. That’s not really the vision of what people in the industry are pursuing. It’s about what we call the ACES, Autonomous Connected, Electric, and Shared, all working together to deliver, basically, mobility as a service. Certainly Read More ›

Man In A Tesla Car. Behind The Wheel Concept.

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
July 15, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Ethics

Tagged
Autopilot, Elon Musk, Featured, Germany, self-driving cars}

German Court Rules: Tesla Autopilot Is False Advertising

_{In America, for reasons many people can’t quite comprehend, the regulatory agencies haven’t said much about the inflated claims} _{Jonathan Bartlett

July 15, 2020

4

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Ethics}

Here at Mind Matters News, we have long been critics of Elon Musk’s claims about his “self-driving” Teslas. Autopilot is a cool feature but marketing it as “full self-driving” is simply a lie, and a dangerous one at that. Musk (right) has been making false claims about Autopilot for almost half a decade now. He claimed in 2016 that all Teslas that left the factory were equipped with the hardware for Level 5 full self-driving. If you’re not aware of the levels of self-driving defined by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), Level 5 means that the car will take you wherever you want to go and you can sleep in the back. Level 4 means that, in some situations Read More ›

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
July 2, 2020

Tagged
2084 (book), Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness, ethics, Freedom, human uniqueness, John Lennox, Moral Responsibility, Panpsychism, self-driving cars, surveillance capitalism}

John Lennox: How Will Artificial Intelligence Impact the World by 2084?

_{Robert J. Marks

July 2, 2020

1}

What will be the effects of artificial intelligence by the year 2084? Robert J. Marks and Dr. John Lennox discuss artificial general intelligence, threats and advantages of artificial intelligence, and Dr. Lennox’s book 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity. Show Notes Additional Resources

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
May 15, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Medicine and Health, Neuroscience

Tagged
brain, Elon Musk, Featured, Joe Rogan, Luigi Galvani (1737–1798), mind, Neuralink, self-driving cars}

Elon Musk’s Myths About the Mind

_{According to Musk, everything in the brain is an electrical signal. That’s pretty naive} _{Jonathan Bartlett

May 15, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence, Medicine and Health, Neuroscience}

Neuroscientists used to think that each neuron was as complex as a switch. But newer research shows that each neuron is more similar to a microprocessor. Musk’s 3,000 Neuralink electrodes controlled by a single processor does not remotely match your brain’s 80 billion processors, all linked together.

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Author
Brendan Dixon
Date
March 11, 2020

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Ethics

Tagged
Autonomous Vehicles, self-driving cars, Trolley problem}

The “Moral Machine” Is Bad News for AI Ethics

_{Despite the recent claims of its defenders, there is no way we can outsource moral decision-making to an automated intelligence} _{Brendan Dixon

March 11, 2020

6

Artificial Intelligence, Ethics}

Here’s the dilemma: The Moral Machine (the Trolley Problem, updated) feels necessary because the rules by which we order our lives are useless with automated vehicles. Laws embody principles that we apply. Machines have no mind by which to apply the rules. Instead researchers must train them with millions of examples and hope the machine extracts the correct message…

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
December 30, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Global Technology

Tagged
Elon Musk, Featured, Robotaxis, self-driving cars, Tesla, Traffic safety}

2019 AI Hype Countdown #1: Tesla’s Robotaxis—Tales of a Phantom Fleet

_{Musk put out a tweet on December 22, saying “Sorry, it's been a bit of a struggle.” At last, a claim we can unreservedly believe} _{Jonathan Bartlett

December 30, 2019

7

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Global Technology}

Because Tesla has yet to make a yearly profit in any of its sixteen years of existence, it depends on capital raises of various forms (equity, debt, etc.) to stay in business. Capital raises require big promises and Tesla’s overstatements about its self-driving cars are always good for a few billion.

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Author
Brendan Dixon
Date
December 24, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance

Tagged
self-driving cars}

Expert: We Won’t Have Self-Driving Cars For a Decade

_{Machine Learning rapidly moved self-driving cars from the lab to the roads but the underlying technology remains brittle} _{Brendan Dixon

December 24, 2019

4

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance}

Myths are not inherently bad but the real world crushes them. One myth currently taking a beating is “self-driving cars are just around the corner.” Here’s why not.

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podcast

Author
Larry L. Linenschmidt and Robert J. Marks
Date
December 19, 2019

Tagged
AI Delusion (book), Algorithm-of-the-Gaps, AlphaGo, Ambiguity, Artificial Intelligence, China, Chinese Room, Creativity, David Gelernter, Deep Blue, ethics, Gary Smith, George Gilder, Go (game), IBM Watson, Jay Richards, Larry L. Linenschmidt, Neural networks, Peter Thiel, qualia, Reinforcement learning, Robert J. Marks, self-driving cars, Swarm intelligence}

The Unexpected and the Myth of Creative Computers – Part II

_{Larry L. Linenschmidt and Robert J. Marks

December 19, 2019

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Robert J. Marks talks with Larry L. Linenschmidt of the Hill Country Institute about the misattribution of creativity and understanding to computers. This is Part 2 of 2 parts. Other Larry L. Linenschmidt podcasts from the Hill Country Institute are available at HillCountryInstitute.org. We appreciate the permission of the Hill Country Institute to rebroadcast this podcast on Mind Matters. Show Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
December 18, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance

Tagged
DSRC, FCC, NHTSA, self-driving cars, V2I, V2V, V2X}

New Federal Regulations Favor a Shift to 5G Cars

_{The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is abandoning the older DSRC protocol for cellular vehicle-to-everything (CV2X)} _{Jonathan Bartlett

December 18, 2019

4

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance}

Auto manufacturers would prefer to just move ahead with 5G but safety watchdogs argue that lifesaving changes could and should be implemented now with DSRC.

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Author
Brendan Dixon
Date
December 13, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance

Tagged
Elaine Herzberg, NHTSA, NTSB, self-driving cars}

Death Spurs Demand for More Oversight of Self-Driving Cars

_{The National Transportation Safety Board seeks uniform standards for the previously voluntary information provided by carmakers} _{Brendan Dixon

December 13, 2019

4

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance}

Despite the hype and a few bad actors, here at the Walter Bradley Institute, we believe in AI. The deployment of any technology—dams, bridges, buildings—requires care and, at times, oversight. Not to slow down progress but to protect us from ourselves. As the great scientist Richard Feynman put it, the easiest person to fool is oneself.

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Author
Jay Richards
Date
December 6, 2019

Categorized
Ethics, Machine Learning

Tagged
John Waters, self-driving cars, Trolley problem}

Will Self-Driving Cars Change Moral Decision-Making?

_{It’s time to separate science fact from science fiction about self-driving cars} _{Jay Richards

December 6, 2019

6

Ethics, Machine Learning}

Irish playwright John Waters warns of a time when we might have to grant moral discretion to computer algorithms, just as Christians now grant to the all-knowing but often inscrutable decrees of God. Not likely.

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Author
Brendan Dixon
Date
December 4, 2019

Categorized
Business and Finance

Tagged
Autonomous Vehicles, self-driving cars, Traffic fatalities, Traffic safety}

Would Selling Self-Driving Cars Sooner Save Lives?

_{Not if we look more closely at the statistics} _{Brendan Dixon

December 4, 2019

5

Business and Finance}

It’s enough to make you want to run out and buy a smart car today. But just a minute. There are other statistics out there. Let’s look at some of them.

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Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
November 14, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy, Machine Learning, Surveillance, Technocracy

Tagged
Cold War, HAL9000, IBM Watson, self-driving cars}

The Greatest Threat We Face From AI—and What We Can Do

_{Here’s a list of things that have really happened with artificial intelligence (AI), in order of increasing severity.} _{Robert J. Marks

November 14, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy, Machine Learning, Surveillance, Technocracy}

When we get to the end of the list, we will see that it is like beads connected by a string—revealing the most dangerous threat.

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Author
Jonathan Bartlett
Date
November 1, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance

Tagged
Autonomous Vehicles, Elon Musk, Robotaxis, self-driving cars}

Elon Musk Walks Back Full Self-Driving Claims

_{His Q3 earnings call with investors was a stark contrast to earlier claims about a robotaxi fleet} _{Jonathan Bartlett

November 1, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance}

Of course, Musk blames other people for “misconstruing” his claims. This certainly isn't the first time he has palmed off responsibility for his own mistakes onto others.