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  1. Gokhan

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    Unlike Tesla’s system, which is a garbage-in, garbage-out black box, Nvidia’s Alpamayo self-driving system can think like ChatGPT. Nvidia claims it will be better than Google’s Waymo, but that will have to be seen.

    “The ChatGPT moment for physical AI is here—when machines begin to understand, reason, and act in the real world,” said Nvidia (Nasdaq ticker NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang at CES in Las Vegas

    Nvidia takes on Tesla with what Jensen Huang calls the ‘ChatGPT moment’ for self-driving
     
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    Just finished a 571 mile, winter rain, night trip with Full Self Driving (FSD.) One soft phantom brake and one precautionary manual brake approaching red lights. Otherwise hands free except for parking lots at charging stations.

    I throughly enjoyed the 14 hour drive across the Blue Ridge Parkway on a windy, cool (45-55 F) day and mostly night trip. But then I’m over 170,000 miles since my March 26, 2019 Model 3 and concurrent Autopilot/FSD purchase.

    Bob Wilson
     
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    Yep, AI may make them better than what Tesla has but don't count out Teslas, I'm sure they have some R&D lab somewhere already working on it!

    I can see the future, "Where you the victim of a car accident caused by a bad AI-driven vehicle? Call me, the Strong Arm, and I'll fight the Terminator on your behalf!"
     
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    No one can predict exactly what will happen.

    For AI capabilities to expand there needs to be a certain demand for it.
    Will people in general demand it? Or will governments see this as a plus for safety and require it? We don't really know at this point.

    Depending on how quickly AI self-driving goes, there's a chance that eventually it will surpass the human driver in terms of safety to a degree that most people will agree it's safer. We're not there yet. But if and when it does, then you're more likely to see governments start pushing for it to be a requirement in all cars so that traffic is safer.

    To me this is a very good thing, as car accidents are a leading cause of death and destruction. But at the same time, it's also part of making cars feel like appliances. If one day all cars are autonomous, then I really wouldn't care if I owned one or if I just got transported around in a Waymo taxi service or on an autonomous bus or whatever.
     
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    Yep the only way self-driving vehicles will prove safe is if ALL vehicles have the same system....and, like communism "collectivism", that will NEVER happen...just a pipe dream. (Good on paper, not realistic in the real-world....those pesky freedoms and liberties get in the way!)

    I'm in my 60's, and the driving skill of folks has DEFINITELY gotten a lot worse. This is proven by the cost of car insurance....I remember not even paying $60 a month for full-insurance...not even close, anymore...even adjusted for inflation.

    Just the other day, on a sunny day with dry roads, I saw an SUV drift to the left and smack into the curb....what the heck? Looking at her cell phone.....so dangerous....you could've drifted and hit a kid, lady!
     
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    I disagree. Just because cars interact doesn't mean they need the same system. The AI and processing power just has to be good enough in each one of them. There might be some sort of common communication layer, but that's already something that already exists, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and 5G cellular, as well as traditional visual indications (blinkers, brake lights, etc.) Just because computers can communicate to each other doesn't mean they are all the same. You can send emails to and from MacOS, Android, iOS, Windows and Linux. That isn't a problem.
     
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    pretty sure ellen is close to huang
     
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    Or maybe struggling with a touch-screen, or the pretty-but-just-as-bad row-of-identical-buttons comprising Heat/Vent controls.
     
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    Yet, you struggle with a manual bicycle foot pump. :p