I'm a bit of a news junkie; I start my day by reviewing the 200 or so blogs I follow on a regular basis. When I come across an item related to autonomy, I'll collect it into what I call a potpourri post. Some minor commentary follows.
- [CNET] How Waymo is defining the UI of autonomy
- Interesting to see so many user experience/UX people working on this problem.
- [CMU] Algorithms applied to brain images to ID suicidal thoughts
- [Engadget] Sony's Aibo robotic pet returns!
- The Aibo (Artificial Intelligence roBOt) was one of the first robotic pets to be released on the market in 1999. Later robotic pets, such as the therapeutic Paro (not made by Sony) soon followed. Incidentally, Paro was featured in an episode of Netflix's comedy Master of None.
- [Carscoops] Lexus to roll out Level 4 autonomy in 2020
- NHTSA defines vehicle autonomy on a scale of 0 (no automation) to 5 (full automation). The highest level you can buy today is level 3. I'm not crazy about this scheme to define autonomy; I'll discuss why in a later post.
- [Carscoops] Musk Says Tesla Cars Will Automatically Take Passengers To Their Destinations