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OTOH - CarScoops: Mustang Mach-E Crash Wasn’t Autonomous After All Say Police. It Was Something Else. Story states possible DUI or driver experiencing a health episode.
And - The Autopian: That Mustang Mach-E Crash Video Probably Isn’t What You Think It Is.
Near the end of The Autopian story, it asks why it appears the driver is praying and hands not on the wheel. Maybe it locked, too?
Still..braking or forcing into neutral is disabled or overridden by the tech?
Uber: Teen accounts on Uber.
Teen accounts are the only authorized way for teens aged 13-17 to use the Uber platform with consent from their legal guardian. Guardians who add a teen account to their Family profile will be notified every time their teen requests a ride—and they’ll get real-time alerts plus live trip tracking so they can follow their teen’s ride in the app, from pickup to dropoff.
Before a teen can request their first ride, they must complete a safety onboarding process that teaches them about the safety features that are available to them on every ride.
Guardians will receive tips on how to prepare their teen for their first ride after the teen sets up their account. Guardians will also have access to live trip tracking and will receive status updates for every trip their teen requests. They’ll also be able to contact you directly during the trip.
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To help you easily identify teen rides, your offer card will read “UberX Teen.” If you see this, it means the trip request is from an official teen account holder—so there should be no surprises at pickup.
Notifications, an onboarding process, real-time alerts and live trip tracking.
Well, there it is. An un-hackable idea and program that can't be manipulated by bad actors.
The driver kidnapper confirms possession of your teen in real-time. "Thank you for choosing Uber as the abductor of your child." 🤣
Kelly Blue Book - Study: EPA-Certified Range Figures for EVs Unreliable.
EPA ratings are optimistic for most electric models.
A new study suggests that the ranges and fuel economy equivalent figures published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are not particularly accurate. [ Shocking! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - Oh well...DD ]
If the EPA’s numbers are off, we should note, then the rest of the world has it even worse. EPA range figures are famously lower than those published by many other governments.
SAE International, a global association of engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive, and commercial vehicle industries, used data from tests performed by Car and Driver to study real-world EV ranges.
In a 75 mph highway test, Car and Driver found that “more than 350 internal-combustion vehicles averaged 4.0 percent better fuel economy than what was stated on their labels. But the average range for an EV was 12.5 percent worse than the price sticker numbers.”
Alaka'i Technologies' Skai machine has a range of up to four hours/400 mi (640 km) and a five-passenger capacity [...] using a hydrogen fuel cell powertrain that neatly sidesteps the energy density issue that's holding back battery-powered aircraft.
It's a very good article. Hit the link.So how can we build a robot that can figure out which norms to follow, and when?
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"Our hypothesis is that in any particular context, a subset of norms is activated—a particular set of rules related to that situation. That subset of norms is then available to guide action, to recognize violations, and allow us to make decisions."
At the hearing, Joy Buolamwini, founder of Algorithmic Justice League highlighted one of [her] studies at MIT, on facial recognition systems, it was found that for the task of guessing a gender of a face, IBM, Microsoft and Amazon had error rates which rose to over 30% for darker skin and women. On evaluating benchmark datasets from organizations like NIST (National Institute for Standards and Technology), a striking imbalance was found. The dataset contained 75 percent male and 80 percent lighter skin data, which she addressed as “pale male datasets”. She added that our faces may well be the final frontier of privacy and Congress must act now to uphold American freedom and rights at minimum.The Algorithmic Justice League. Aren't they the nemesis of THE Justice League?
A patent filed by Amazon envisions a future where Alexa listens to users 24/7 without the need for a wakeword.Three separate requests? WTFITS? We ask so much from ourselves, don't we? When will the heavy-lifting end?
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For example, say you were discussing booking a seat at your favourite restaurant next Tuesday. After asking, “Alexa, do I have anything on my schedule next Tuesday?” it could respond: “No, would you like me to book a seat at the restaurant you were discussing and add it to your calendar?”
Today, such a task would require three separate requests.
A Delaware judge is ordering Facebook to turn over internal records regarding data privacy and access to user data.- - -
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The lawsuit followed reports that the data of more than 50 million Facebook users had been misappropriated without their knowledge by British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica in 2015.
