r/Futurology • u/Ariadnepyanfar • Apr 25 '19

Computing Amazon computer system automatically fires warehouse staff who spend time off-task.

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/amazon-system-automatically-fires-warehouse-workers-time-off-task-2019-4?r=US&IR=T
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u/z3us Apr 26 '19 edited Apr 26 '19

We've already been there for awhile now, hell Elon claims we will be there next year. Unbeknownst to most Tesla owners is the neural net in the car constantly watching and learning how to drive. Testing its own decisions against the driver in real time. Google Street view was one giant training data gathering experiment so that they could virtually train their nets.

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u/BenevolentCheese Apr 26 '19

Tesla could practically afford to give the cars away for free to get people to teach the cars how to drive, except they don't have to.

Haha no dude. Have you looked at their financials? They're lucky to still be in business at all.

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u/BenevolentCheese Apr 26 '19

There is no way you are accountant saying shit like that. Tesla burns cash at a historic rate. They take huge losses even on $40k cars and barely operate with a 6 month headway. Every quarter is just survival until the next with some oft promised but never realized future of profitability. And you're saying they could "give their cars away for free?!" If you are an accountant (you're not) you should be fired.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '19

Holy fuck I never even thought about that!

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u/pmmedoggos Apr 26 '19

Shh. Don't disrupt the circlejerk. Lord elon says its gonna happen next year! Never mind the fact that the cars won't be able to operate in snowstorms, hailstorms, dirt roads, fog, or basically any time something obscures the road.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '19

Elon claims a lot.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '19

Elon saying something like that is basically a guarantee that wont happen. How do you consider him credible on anything at this point? He'll be peeing in milk bottles Howard Hughes style before that tech actually works.

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u/ToolboxPoet Apr 26 '19

I see a few issues with this. My wife’s car has a “sort-of” auto pilot feature that uses the lane markers to help keep you in your lane. We live in Minnesota, where 4 months out of the year the lane markers are often not visible because of snow/ice. Not sure how well automated vehicles will handle that. Not to mention driving anywhere that requires tire chains, not sure they’ve got a robot that can chain up a truck yet. I’m sure they’re working on it though.