Electroman
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A result of skewed public perception in a patriotic nation proud of their engineering creds?Why do the Japanese sell unreliable cars over here
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A result of skewed public perception in a patriotic nation proud of their engineering creds?Why do the Japanese sell unreliable cars over here
Here, they tend to be lower tech, because they don't need to build engines specifically for our market to "meet" (in practice, not really meet at all) unrealistic fuel efficiency standards. Where your Toyotas get a 1.2 turbo, our versions of the same cars get a 1.8 or 2.0 naturally aspirated engine. Where your Nissans get a 1.2 turbo, we get a 1.6 or 1.8 naturally aspirated engine. (Honda, OTOH, is using a 1.5 turbo everywhere.)Strange. Why do the Japanese sell unreliable cars over here when they know how to produce reliable ones in the US?
I don't think it is the opposite, I think you just ditch your cars before they become huge problems.And why is it the exact opposite with the German manufacturers here? By the way, warranty period (if the manufacturer offers one at all) over here tends to only be one or two years anyway, so where's the problem? The only warranty periods worth mentioning are those by the Korean manufacturers, not the Japanese. Then again, if the cars are reliable, who needs a warranty?
I don't think it is the opposite, I think you just ditch your cars before they become huge problems.
Right. Almost 15 years of ownership without problems (myself, BMW), almost ten years (my father, Mercedes), again almost ten years (my father in law, Audi), countless friends and colleagues with similar stories. That's ditching cars early for sure.
How long do you keep your cars? Over here in Germany, the average age of cars, i.e. duration of ownership, has risen for decades. From 3.7 years in 1960, to 6.9 years in 2000, to 9.4 years in 2018 : Fahrzeugalter von Pkw in Deutschland bis 2018 | Statistik.
I would hardly call that us ditching cars early. The only cars that are ditched every three years are leasing vehicles, but leasing is hardly ever done by non-business users here.
Rogan/Musk interview still getting about 4K views per hour after > 2 weeks online.
A beautiful summary of Elon at the Joe Rogan show.
You only hear Elon speak.
It starts off as some scary intro of a science fiction movie.
Then you aren't understanding the potential risks of an advanced AI, which is what Elon is warning about.The biggest impact I see AI having is it makes it easier for a single individual to do great harm.
Then you aren't understanding the potential risks of an advanced AI, which is what Elon is warning about.
I agree that human controlled AI used for evil is the larger short term worry but the general AI with no concern for any of humanity is the greater longer term issue. Elon is "less" concerned now because he seems to think there is nothing to be done about it other than possibly merging with it in some manner, not because it's less of a risk.
So says the obvious AI bot...Personally I don't think humanity can survive without AI in the long term over thousands of years. Organic life form is simply too vulnerable. AI can spread human life over vast distances.
I like the idea of merging with it not because I'm concerned about AI exceeding our own level of intelligence, but it's ultimately the only way to improve human productivity. That isn't so we can compete with AI, but that we can take advantage of what it can do better while retaining what wer'e good at.
So I'm pretty stoked for the neural link stuff even if I think it's more about the near term bandwidth issues that Elon talked about than robots somehow being alive like Johnny #5.
If we're living in a simulation then aren't we all AI bots?So says the obvious AI bot...