Timothy B. Lee
@binarybits
Reporting on AI and the future of the economy. Computer science masters degree from Princeton. @arstechnica alum. Subscribe to my AI newsletter!
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I am unreasonably excited about self-driving. It will be the first technology in many decades to visibly terraform outdoor physical spaces and way of life. Less parked cars. Less parking lots. Much greater safety for people in and out of cars. Less noise pollution. More space…
A nuance people are missing here: some of these red-state cities have Democratic mayors. However, AV policy is mostly made at the state level, especially in red states. So city leaders likely couldn't block Waymo even if they wanted to. That's certainly the case in California.
News: Waymo just announce driverless testing in Miami, Orlando, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Meanwhile, legal barriers are preventing expansion to Boston, NYC, or Washington DC. Is this the future Democrats want?
"Ok, they can operate in Phoenix but what about other cities?" "Ok, they can operate in residential Phoenix and SF but what about downtown?" "OK, how about airports?" "OK, what about freeways?" (we are here) "OK, they can operate on freeways but what about snowy weather?"
The job of piano player was essentially automated 129 years ago. And yet, I heard a man playing piano in a hotel lobby today for pay. What does this tell us about AI?
New data shows the number of international college students enrolling in American schools for the first time decreased by 17% this fall. These students pay tuition that subsidizes American students, and many stay in the US afterward to work as scientists and engineers. Policies…
When someone in your tribe makes an ideologically convenient factor-of-1,000 mistake, I feel like you ought to reflect on whether your tribe has sound epistemic practices before you start questioning the motives of the guy who spotted the error.
Anti-autonomy is the transportation version of antivax.
NYTimes article quotes someone saying they are "terrified" of Waymo in paragraph 6. Waits until paragraph 33 (out of 44 paragraphs) to mention that they are 91 percent safer than human drivers. How outraged would liberals be if a news outlet covered vaccines like this?
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