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It may be too soon for an A.I. + Humans type of world
Artificial Intelligence and where it is becoming applicable is exponentially growing in today's society. Making the switch to a co-dependence on AI can be difficult in several situations. One of particular interest that is sporadically...
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Autonomous vehicles are here, but is society here for them?
Lately, the hype around autonomous vehicles has been on the rise. Especially with big names like Elon Musk expressing how influential and helpful they can be for everyone. However, the ethics around fully autonomous...
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Elon Musk just reinvented "sexy cars" for the car industry, here's why you should care
Elon Musk has an idea for the future of autonomous vehicles, and he recently shocked the world with just how different his idea may be from the current idea of vehicles. If ...
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The sky truly is the limit...how a space-themed hackathon pushed me further!
In early October, I had the amazing opportunity to participate in the 2019 HackNC hackathon, put on by MLH and UNC Chapel Hill. The theme this year: Space Exploration. And the event not only lived up to the theme...
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Wait, vehicles need a Cloud too?
The goal of achieving level 5 autonomous vehicles has been in the air for a while. But watch out, clouds are beginning to form. Not to worry though, these are "good" clouds. Cloud computing lately has constantly been on the rise, and its possible capabilities are the next big thing...
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Should we sacrifice ethics for autonomy?
The ethics behind fully autonomous vehicles...it's a big issue. In fact, ethics are one reason why there is a long-withstanding debate behind actually allowing commercially available autonomous vehicles. Let's first start with some o...
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To Waymo, or to not Waymo...that is the question
In several other post, I have dived head-first into some of the most fascinating aspects of autonomous vehicles. What did not even seem possible 5-7 years ago, is practically commercially available (e.g., Tesla, certain Audi's, etc.) this...
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Hire intelligence as your driver
No artificial flavors, preservatives, or colors. Simply pure artificial intelligence! That's right, imagine having your car operated by what is considered (in some applications) as having a higher intelligence than humans. Having AI controlling at least one or more essential aspects of...
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Lights, Camera, Action...The Necessity of Cameras in Autonomous Vehicles
Who knew something that we use to take selfies with would be a major component to people never having to drive again? At one point, this was not even an idea that were in...
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Is The #YangGang Too Early For Their Time?
Breaking away, shortly, from the amazing progression and components of autonomous vehicles, another aspect of the progression of autonomy/AI/ML came to my mind, but first, a quick preface: Personally, I am extremely interested in t...
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Tesla, let's go get some Bojangles
That's right, it's Friday and Bojangles is calling your name. You hop into your car, which happens to be a shiny new Tesla Model X, and you tell the car to drive you to the nearest Bojangles. Have we really come to a time where our car is able to drive us anywhere we want, without us truly having to work at the wheel? I'd say mostly, but...
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