Tesla is not running driverless cars; they are running driver assist. The human assisting is in the car. (not up on want comma is currently doing.)
@garymarcus
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Letter Criticisms and Ethical Concerns About Musk’s Role
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There were many criticisms of the letter; I have written about why I signed it despite its issues. The particular one I was focusing on here was the cynicism about Musk (which multiple people expressed).
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Elon Musk undermines AI risk movement credibility
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In rolling this way, @elonmusk
, you undermined the whole AI risk movement, and your own credibility. Very disappointing. People who posted stuff like this will now feel vindicated: -
Infrastructure Outages and Tunnels: Critical Concerns Ahead
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Yikes! Outages, tunnels etc are going to be a problem…
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Remote Control Vehicles Over Cellular Networks
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Like my kids’ remote control car, except over cell service?
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Platforms Changing Beliefs Over Reinforcement Echo Chambers
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Awesome. Possibly the first time I ever heard that on X! Imagine if this platform were geared towards sometimes changing people’s beliefs, and not just to reinforcing them.
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Scaling Remote AI Intervention: Feasibility and Hand-Tweaking Challenges
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I look forward to disclosure about how much remote intervention they are doing; and wonder whether what they do can be quickly and feasibly scaled to new locations; I hear there is an enormous amount of hand tweaking. I agree they are probably in the lead.
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True Autonomy in Vehicles: Current Limitations and Requirements
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as of today I am not sure there are any “autonomous vehicles” at scale (excluding monorails etc). If you need a checkin once an hour that’s “vast majority” but not truly autonomous. and if you can’t run without guaranteed cell service, that’s not autonomous, either.
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Cruise’s Safety Claims Questioned: Remote Assist Dependency Exposed
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1. Cruise’s omission was massive; every claim about their putative safety has to be rethought.
2. More will come out about how dependent they were on remote assist
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Grok Launch Six Months After Elon’s AI Pause Letter
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Grok, almost six months to the day after Elon signed the pause letter. Too perfect.