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The Electric Vehicles are Coming — Global Sales Likely to Exceed 1 Million During 2017 | robertscribbler

Electric vehicle (EV) performance has been improving so quickly and prices have been falling so fast that the internal combustion engine (ICE) wouldn’t be able to compete for much longer. You will soon be able to get Porsche performance for Buick prices and when you get that, neither Porsche nor Buick are able to compete. — Tony Seba

Universal basic income is becoming an urgent necessity | Guy Standing | Opinion | The Guardian

Finland is trialling an unconditional income scheme, and studies show its benefits. I’d bet my own income that the idea would work here in the UK

Politicians cannot bring back old-fashioned factory jobs | The Economist

As that suggests, though, the potential for new jobs in manufacturing is not quite the boon politicians would like. Advanced manufacturing provides very good jobs (see chart 2) but they are the jobs of the future, not the past; they need skill and adaptability. They will change a lot over the lifetimes of those who hold them, and they will never provide anything quite like the mass employment of the past.

The Robot Rampage – Bloomberg Gadfly

It took 50 years for the world to install the first million industrial robots. The next million will take only eight, according to Macquarie. Importantly, much of the recent growth happened outside the U.S., in particular in China, which has an aging population and where wages have risen.

Group Asks New York to Ban Self-Driving Cars for 50 Years | Fortune.com

A lobbying group for taxi and limo drivers in upstate New York wants the state to ban self-driving cars for at least 50 years.

The Autonomous Taxi Market Worth More Than All Auto Manufacturers

The Autonomous taxi market will create a tremendous amount of value for consumers and expand the mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) market dramatically.

How a Machine Learns Prejudice – Scientific American

computer algorithms that allegedly tag black defendants as more likely to commit a future crime

You should read this super-interesting AMA with AI researcher Joanna Bryson | TechCrunch

The field of artificial intelligence is a large one, full of interesting research, arguments, and people — so you could be forgiven (as I hope to be) for..

MEPs vote on robots’ legal status – and if a kill switch is required – BBC News

MEPs have called for the adoption of comprehensive rules for how humans will interact with artificial intelligence and robots.

The report makes it clear that it believes the world is on the cusp of a “new industrial” robot revolution.

It looks at whether to give robots legal status as “electronic persons”.

Research Blog: The Google Brain team — Looking Back on 2016

Posted by Jeff Dean, Google Senior Fellow, on behalf of the entire Google Brain team The Google Brain team ‘s long-term goal is to create …

The Stunning Elbphilharmonie Is What Happens When Algorithms Design a Concert Hall | WIRED

The room looks almost organic—like a rippling, monochromatic coral reef—but bringing it to life was a technological feat.

The auditorium—the largest of three concert halls in the Elbphilharmonie—is a product of parametric design, a process by which designers use algorithms to develop an object’s form.

Google’s new self-driving minivans will be hitting the road at the end of January 2017 – The Verge

Waymo, the self-driving car startup spun-off from Google late last year, will be deploying its fleet of self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans onto public roads for the first time later this…

Inside The R&D Lab Where Uber Is Building “The City Of The Future” | Co.Design | business + design

The Advanced Technologies Group Center in Pittsburgh, where Uber is building autonomous cars, is a gleaming white vision of the future.

Imagining the City of Tomorrow | Innovation | Ford – YouTube

For the first time in our planet’s history, half of the world’s population lives in cities. As we chart this new reality, we envision a City of Tomorrow that…

Rewriting the Code of Life – The New Yorker

Researchers hope to use the powerful biological tool to alter the genetic destiny of species and eliminate diseases.

Anti-surveillance clothing aims to hide wearers from facial recognition | Technology | The Guardian

Hyperface project involves printing patterns on to clothing or textiles that computers interpret as a face, in fightback against intrusive technology

steve jobs on why xerox failed – YouTube

steve jobs on why xerox failed – YouTube

The Year in Housing: The Middle Class Can’t Afford to Live in Cities Anymore | WIRED

Cities are increasingly populated by lower-income people in subsidized housing and high income people prepared to pay $3,500 a month for a one-bedroom.

Uber is closing in on Volkswagon – InnovationNotes

Uber is closing in on Volkswagon