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Underexplained Predictions For 2025

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Does It Matter That AI Doesn’t Work?

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Justin Ellis

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The Problem With The Goggles Of The Future Is Today

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Patrick Redford

Santa Monica, CA - February 21: Passengers ride in an electric Jaguar I-Pace car outfitted with Waymo full self-driving technology in Santa Monica Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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San Francisco Takes First Step Towards The Grim, Autonomous Future Of Transportation

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TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016 – Day 2

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The Limits Of The Billionaire Imagination Are Everyone’s Problem

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Sometimes It’s Fun To Be A Weird Guy With A Hand For A Head

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They Ruined The Damn Condiment Island

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