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Perhaps "ASI" is the better acronym here

These are amazing! This post made my day.

I wonder if they can simulate the Beatles crossing the street at Abbey Road in the late '60s

Broken link :(

Definitely a "huge if true" headline. Seems like there's natural skepticism here ( https://electrek.co/2026/01/05/verge-unveils-370-mile-electr... ), but boy, if it works... Hopefu…

A few software engineers work a weekend to fix the issue, and it never happens again?

Methodology can be found here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15389588.2025.2... "Benchmarks were aligned to the same vehicle types, road types, and locations as wher…

This is super cool!

Cupertino is in there, no?

Looks like they've opened up SJC Airport, too! SFO imminent?

This is a huge sign of confidence that they think they can do this safely and at scale... Freeways might appear "easy" on the surface, but there are all sorts of long tail edge-cas…

> the opposing "Newton hypothesis", which says that scientific progress is mostly the work of a relatively small number of great scientists (after Isaac Newton's statement that he …

I read a lot of non-fiction, and while I'm definitely guilty (and proud of it!) of sentimentally holding onto old books, I think the value of having a personal library isn't to sho…

I like the sentiment here. Governance is the algorithm on which societies run (culture, too, sure, but if you're starting a new city, culture tends to come out of governance more t…

"Waymo has been granted a permit to test its autonomous vehicles in New York City, the first such approval granted by the city. The company told TechCrunch it plans to start testin…