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    AI Says, Self driving cars will make insurance rates for Human Drivers cost prohibitive within 10 years.

    Generative AI is trained by people who are firm believers in generative AI. And of course: By any chance were you asking Gemini about Waymo? Though, every major AI company has some stake in promoting autonomous vehicles. I do believe self-driving cars are a serious threat to people's privilege...
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    I would like a Turbo button, just like on computers in the 80s/90s.

    Telo seems nice, I don't think there's reason to be hostile with another independent small EV truck that's clearly trying to be something different than Slate. We're on the same side, and not really competing! I recall hearing that the Telo people were friendly with Slate as well. I do...
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    I would like a Turbo button, just like on computers in the 80s/90s.

    I was going to half-jokingly raise the point that the "turbo button" was actually supposed to slow down the computer, but I decided to check Wikipedia to make sure, and...turns out, that's a myth/misunderstanding. The turbo mode is indeed meant to make the computer run faster. So, I learned...
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    Does the current spike in fuel prices increase the appeal of the Slate?

    I think people's perception of gas prices' as an unpredictable and serious "problem" that they want to be "safe" from in the future has increased significantly. I think "safety" is one of the things Slate can offer. The simplicity, reliability, and maintainability are part of that, and I think...
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    No, the body panels for the Chevrolet Lumina APV, Saturn vehicles (S-Series), and the upcoming Slate pickup are not made of the exact same material, t

    If my mother started random conversations by reciting AI answers unprompted (no pun intended) in a public space, I would certainly ask her to stop. More politely, perhaps, but still. Edit: If OP was curious about whether the Slate's body panels would be made of the same material as those cars...
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    If Slate incorporates surveillance tech, I’m 100% out [ADMIN WARNING: NO POLITICS]

    Hopefully, the Slate will be simple enough to make these systems easy to defeat. Worst-case scenario, you aren't losing a bunch of tightly-integrated software features and physical things like a dashboard tablet by bypassing the factory electronics.
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    The Donut Story Continues.

    In that case, I apologize for reacting strongly - I interpreted it as a condescending dismissal, and it seems that wasn't the intention.
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    The Donut Story Continues.

    Don't insult me by explaining what a NEURAL NETWORK is. I said I was reading about AI theory. Almost everyone is using a neural network. I can make an artificial neural network on my personal computer in a matter of hours by following a Python tutorial. That's not the same thing as claiming to...
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    The Donut Story Continues.

    In case people still take this seriously and haven't found out yet, there are two things you should know about Donut. https://www.theautopian.com/the-game-changing-promises-of-the-worlds-first-production-solid-state-battery-are-being-questioned-by-a-whistleblower-report/ A criminal report has...
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    Controller Area Network?

    No, the problem is OpSec. Privacy wouldn't be a problem. Cameras facing outside the vehicle are a privacy issue (based on automaker privacy policies that claim broad rights to record everything and everyone around a vehicle), but any right to privacy hasn't been a regulatory priority for a long...
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    Undisclosed fly-on-the-wall reports

    Ah yes. The Clean Slate. Good to know Slate Auto already has another model planned.
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    Controller Area Network?

    I didn't mean to imply that was a good example of "systems being integrated". I'm thinking about a huge subject I looked at a bunch and my thoughts are a bit hard to convey.
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    Controller Area Network?

    I was researching this subject a while back, and wasn't entirely sure what Slate's architecture actually was. I probably could have found the interview, but I got caught up researching the new stuff like zonal architecture...and cloud. 😬 I actually think it's one of the brilliant things about...
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    some more videos i have found

    1. How are they convinced that the car has failed in the market and that the company shouldn't have folded? It hasn't gone up for sale yet! There's some ongoing collective hallucination that Slate has been vaporware for years and increased in price, rather than having been announced roughly...
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    The Slate needs a lower price. I know they are not pickups, (most are crossovers/SUVs), but with rebates, % and other deals I can get several other E

    I thought this was sarcasm at first, but I can't tell. Also, I haven't been keeping up, where did $59k come from? (I haven't been keeping up in large part because these discussions tend to get repetitive and keep starting from really weird accounts. I seriously suspect AI shenanigans from...
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