Tag: automation

• We Now Live in a Driverless World

  November 11, 2019

  On November 2nd 2019, I sent an email to the Voyage team on why we now live in a post-driverless world. https://news.voyage.auto/we-now-live-in-a-driverless-world-cb07a01159c0 more ›

• Was the Automotive Era a Terrible Mistake?

  August 4, 2019

  The summer I was eighteen, I visited a parking lot forty-five minutes north of town and got behind the wheel for what I hoped would be the first real rite… more ›

• The Hidden Costs of Automated Thinking

  July 28, 2019

  Like many medications, the wakefulness drug modafinil, which is marketed under the trade name Provigil, comes with a small, tightly folded paper pamphlet. https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-hidden-costs-of-automated-thinking more ›

• The Autonomous Economy

  June 9, 2019

  We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and our… more ›

• Uber drivers are freelancers, not employees, federal labor lawyer says

  May 15, 2019

  Uber drivers are independent contractors, not employees of the ride-hailing company, the federal labor board’s general counsel said in an opinion released May 14th. https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/14/18623467/uber-driver-freelancers-employees-federal-labor-lawyer-contractor more ›

• What Insurgency Will Look Like in 2030

  May 5, 2019

  Robots, artificial intelligence, cyberwar, 3D printing, bio-enhancements, and a new geopolitical competition; the 21st century is being shaped by a range of momentous, and scary, new trends and technologies. We… more ›

• Small stickers on the ground trick Tesla autopilot into steering into opposing traffic lane

  April 3, 2019

  By adding noise to lane-markings, they were able to fool the autopilot into losing the lanes altogether, however, the patches they had to apply to the lane-markings would not be… more ›

• Small stickers on the ground trick Tesla autopilot into steering into opposing traffic lane

  April 3, 2019

  Researchers from Tencent Keen Security Lab have published a report detailing their successful attacks on Tesla firmware, including remote control over the steering, and an adversarial example attack on the… more ›

• Workplace automation will hit women harder than men

  April 3, 2019

  Today, unlike in the past, workers can meetings from anywhere, or control complex production processes with the push of a button. Technology has dramatically altered what it means for many… more ›

• Facebook Chatbot Showdown: ManyChat vs. Chatfuel

  December 7, 2018

  Facebook Chatbot Showdown: ManyChat vs. Chatfuel Businesses are suddenly very interested in Facebook Messenger bots. And for good reason: Facebook’s chat platform now supports over 1.2 billion monthly active users—and… more ›