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  • Three more 'Apple Car' engineers leave for aviation startups

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    lkrupp said:
    Some might consider these moves a sign of Apple’s lack of progress in the project. They would be wrong, of course. Thankfully ,clear minds have prevailed in this thread so far. 
    why would they be wrong? they seem unmotivated, could be wrong but it seems like it.
    darkvadercuriousrun8

  • Netflix to release games via App Store instead of through streaming app

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    22july2013 said:
    I'd love to try Netflix, but in this case, in order to subscribe to this service, I would probably have to do it outside of the Apple ecosystem. I can't find any way to subscribe to them using Apple's ecosystem like the Apple TV+ app. (Other services like Disney+ are available through the Apple TV+ app.) I don't consider Netflix to be as untrustworthy as Facebook, but they are still a little short of earning my trust. The moment Netflix allows me to pay Apple to get Netflix's services, I'll sign up the first day.
    this seems best unreasonable lol
     not every patient outside of apple is untrustworthy
     just subscribe from their website, you’ll be fine
    lkruppgatorguywilliamlondon

  • Apple hires former Tesla engineer to bolster its self-driving car project

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    dk49 said:
    byronl said:
    apple is hiring but tesla is hiring more. they literally increased their AI job applicants by 100x after their (mind blowing) AI day. and they have exponentially more real world car driving data than everyone else. i really don’t know how apple will compete in the self driving technology race.
     but they’ll probably figure something out. they hired sandy munro so that was a great move. 
    i don’t know how they’ll compete in terms of self driving tech, manufacturing tech, etc but i know they will create a beautiful car with an amazing user experience.
    When did Apple hire Sandy Munro? 

    sorry to exactly "hire" as an employ but hire his company for help.
    he got all anxious when asked about the apple car and refused to talk about that.
    in another livestream q&a he got asked about apple car and he said something like "nda, next!"

    GG1

  • Apple hires former Tesla engineer to bolster its self-driving car project

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    byronl said:
    apple is hiring but tesla is hiring more. they literally increased their AI job applicants by 100x after their (mind blowing) AI day. and they have exponentially more real world car driving data than everyone else. i really don’t know how apple will compete in the self driving technology race.
    And yet, reports from owners are it is quite dumb. Like Siri dumb. Like you will die or kill people dumb. These are such early days that no one has a lock on the market. 

    https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/03/cars/tesla-full-self-driving-fsd/index.html

    that's not true at all. tesla does have a lock. let me explain why.
    tesla is using a different method than everyone else. waymo, cruise, apple, volkswagen, ford and others are using lidar and hd, 3d, human-annotated maps. that's fine but it's VERY expensive to scale. these companies have only made these maps for small cities and a small amount of big highways. you have to pay people to annotate and clean up those maps, and keep them UPDATED as everything changes, for eternity. good luck doing that for a whole country or the whole WORLD. i should add that lidars are expensive (a waymo car costs like 400k$, partly because of the multiple lidars it requires). i should also add that these companies have hit a local maximum since ~2019. https://www.businessinsider.com/cruise-automation-reportedly-struggling-refine-self-driving-tech-2019-6

    tesla uses a different approach. it only uses cameras for self driving, it uses AI computer vision to do it. that approach is better because it's cheaper and a LOT more scalable. some other companies are using this approach too (such as mobileye) but AI needs data. the most data and highest quality data will win. and tesla has that, so they are able to train their AI like no one else. not only that but their data increases exponentially, and others are falling further behind instead of catching up. another big part is their amazing dojo supercomputer. the most powerful AI supercomputer in the world, #5 overall. https://cleantechnica.com/2021/08/22/teslas-dojo-supercomputer-breaks-all-established-industry-standards-cleantechnica-deep-dive-part-1/

    the article seems to ignore the "beta" part for the most part, and acts like average consumers are using the software package right now. this is not the case. check out dirty tesla or ai drivr on youtube to see fsd beta in action. it's really great, the article is definitely exaggerating. and the rate of improvement from about a year ago when it was first released is astonishing.
    if you wanna learn more i would recommend watching tesla's AI day, at least the part about self driving. it was one of the most impressive tech events i've ever watched. you will definitely love it if you are a tech fan
    dr know it all on youtube is also great to understand tesla's big advantage.
    JWSCelijahgAlex_V

  • Apple's Kevin Lynch tapped to take over leadership of 'Apple Car' project

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    KTR said:
    gatorguy said:
    Another software guy, former Google exec and current Apple AI and machine learning VP John Giannandrea, is overseeing the entire project while Lynch will handle day-to-day. So yeah, definitely no indication that they're focusing on hardware and building a car.  
    Maybe they already have the car built?
    yea but they still need car engineers to 
    1) advance the tech further for the future
    and especially b) for the manufacturing! prototypes are easy, production is hard -elon musk
    and yes i know they will probably partner with a manufacturer to make a car but apple still has great control over the tooling and robots and techniques etc
    JWSC