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They said it was impossible. After decades of #antitrust cases over #PredatoryPricing - selling below cost to kill or prevent competitors - the #ChicagoSchool of neoliberal #economists "proved" predatory pricing didn't exist, so courts could stop busting companies for it.
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Predatory pricing - the economists explained - was illegal, but it was also imaginary. A mirage. No one would predatory price, because it was "irrational." Even if someone irrational enough to try it, they would fail. Stand down, American judges - predatory pricing is solved.
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#Google's #AIHype Circle: We have to do #Bard because everyone else is doing #AI; everyone else is doing AI because we're doing Bard.
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Google's plummeting search quality made the company desperate to please its "activist investors"
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#SecurityThroughObscurity #SearchQuality #Enshittification #Google
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#SecurityThroughObscurity #SearchQuality #Enshittification #Google
Google can improve search, or it can chase stock gains through #AIHype. It chose the latter
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A lot of people refer to self-driving as a "race"
And many think it'll be winner-take-all.
But that doesn't make much sense.
Self-driving will be winnerS-take-most.
Let's talk about why.
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And many think it'll be winner-take-all.
But that doesn't make much sense.
Self-driving will be winnerS-take-most.
Let's talk about why.
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The self-driving race narrative suggests a single winner crosses the finish line.
But what would that self-driving finish line look like?
And if one company crossed it, why would everyone else give up?
The market for autonomous miles is in the trillions.
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But what would that self-driving finish line look like?
And if one company crossed it, why would everyone else give up?
The market for autonomous miles is in the trillions.
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No transportation technology has ever had a single finish line or winner.
Did the Wright Brothers "win" aviation at Kitty Hawk in 1903?
No ONE company won aviation.
Not manufacturers. Not airlines.
Aviation was winnerS-take-most.
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Did the Wright Brothers "win" aviation at Kitty Hawk in 1903?
No ONE company won aviation.
Not manufacturers. Not airlines.
Aviation was winnerS-take-most.
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Last week @amazon acquired self-driving #startup @zoox for $1.2bn.
Zoox has been working on a building a special vehicle just for full #SelfDriving. The company raised ~$1bn in total and was previously valued at $3.2bn. /1
#AI #AutonomousVehicles
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Zoox has been working on a building a special vehicle just for full #SelfDriving. The company raised ~$1bn in total and was previously valued at $3.2bn. /1
#AI #AutonomousVehicles
techcrunch.com/2020/06/26/ama…
2/ Whether Amazon will "rule the world" or not as an article in @Forbes says, it's yet to be clear where #AutonomousVehicles fit in Amazon's business. At the moment, Zoox is expected to continue working on their robotaxi vision.
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3/ However, Amazon will need to spend a lot more after the acquisition in order to bring #SelfDrivingCars to market.
cnbc.com/2020/06/26/ama…
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The State of #SelfDriving in 2020. A comprehensive view on the key players in #SelfDrivingCars industry with a short summary for each.
"Since 2009, the companies working on robocars have disclosed at least $14 billion worth of investment."
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"Since 2009, the companies working on robocars have disclosed at least $14 billion worth of investment."
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2/ "#SelfDriving engineers were quietly recalibrating expectations and pushing promised timelines back."
"The only platform taking passengers in fully driverless vehicles is @Waymo, a @Google spinoff. It is the sector’s presumed front-runner."
Here's who the other leaders are:
"The only platform taking passengers in fully driverless vehicles is @Waymo, a @Google spinoff. It is the sector’s presumed front-runner."
Here's who the other leaders are:
