Ford Motor Co has yet to announce mass layoffs like the ones that
have plagued the tech industry in recent months. The latest sign the
Detroit automaker might reduce headcount in the near term is from the
CEO himself, according to Bloomberg.
“It takes us
25% more engineers to do the same work statements as our competitors,”
CEO Jim Farley said on SiriusXM radio’s “Cars & Culture with Jason
Stein,” which will air on Feb. 10.
Farley continued: “I can’t afford to be 25% less efficient.”
I WONDER who our competitors are ??? I guess it is not GM , or ever in chapter 13 reconstruction Chrysler
alexwest
1 year ago
= EU lags on electric vehicles
it will end same way as for normal cars.
nobody in right mind would buy USA car outside USA , and most of them are trucks anyway cause USA makers dont do good passenger oriented cars anymore.
USA lost to japan, Europe and S. Korea. and next competitors are china and india.
alexwest
1 year ago
=EU lags on artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, cloud storage, phone technology
in wiki, exist page ‘List of cities by homicide rate’
it is mostly south/central america, and s afrika, and some CITIES from USA. (detroit, baltimore, etc)
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funny not a single city form EU, or bad Russia, or whole Asia!
i guess AI was not that good in USA to prevent crimes and-or help poor people!
alexwest
1 year ago
=artificial intelligence,
AI is just a tool.
will AI help to bring costs for medicine=drugs in USA, for example ? USA spends 2x per capita more than 1rate industrial countries in world (france, germany , japan)
USA is just middle of pack in term life expectancy, child mortality, etc.
almost 40% of population in USA is simply obese!
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will AI help to mediate racial/political tensions in USA? i really doubt it !
will USA catch up w/ finland , norway , austria or japan in term of social cohesion ? i really doubt that.
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just check any rating about ‘quality of life’. most top countries are from Europe.
will USA catch up w/ finland , norway , austria or japan in term of social cohesion ? i really doubt that.
Of course not, but you’re comparing apples and oranges. Those nation-states that you name began as conglomerations of peoples with common ethno-cultural backgrounds. The US, as a multi-ethnic state isn’t the same. By definition, it’s more unstable BUT — also by definition — it’s more accepting of novel things, including technologies because the ethno-cultural ties (compared to other nation-states in Europe) are weaker or non-existent. It’s our blessing and our curse.
alexwest
1 year ago
=phone technology,
outside Apple, there is no any significant phone maker in USA=world.
Android (byproduct of google) is loosely created OS free to be modified by one! Huawei is doing just fine!
AND ALL HARDWARE IS DONE IN ASIA! s. korea, china, taiwan, japan!
alexwest
1 year ago
=phone technology,
last time i checked ARM is in England , not Silicon valley
ps
Arm is a British semiconductor and software design company based in Cambridge, England.[7]
alexwest
1 year ago
=electric vehicles,
EU is light years ahead in term of electric vehicles! it is called public transportation. thing that does not exist in USA!
Felix_Mish
1 year ago
And then there is DeepMind, headquartered in London. And owned by Google.
And both are not well defined by where they are incorporated.
What matters most is where their employees live and what language they speak.
HippyDippy
1 year ago
Once again, government is the problem. Or rather, the slaves who demand the illusion of security that government never provides are the problem. The only way in which government can”save the day” is when they decrease their involvement. Think back to lowering state taxes. If the slaves in the EU weren’t so afraid of change, they could lead in AI; but they are. So now, all the data from the AI will be harvested by other entities. As is being done now. Just so stupid.
And despite the continued rantings about overreaching government, nothing will ever change. In fact, if anything, government will continue to grow and overreach like the blob.
Jojo
1 year ago
Here’s another AI search engine available right now:
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AI. Chat. Search.
Search for the next generation with an AI chat assistant
Andi is search for the next generation using generative AI. Instead of just links, Andi gives you answers – like chatting with a smart friend.
Andi is a conversational search engine. It uses a simple chatbot interface with an AI-powered assisant to answer questions simply, find you the best information, and help you stay safe and productive online. It’s private and ad-free, anonymous, and free for anyone to use.
Get the sentiment of Gen Zers not using the goog to search, but the idea of it being big brother while using tick-tock and having countless apps on their smart phone comes across as a bit delusional.
Interesting product. Wonder if they will stay the course or end up getting bought out by an offer ‘too good to pass up’. Here is a write-up from last autumn-
If someone is able to self-fund a product and doesn’t need an income from the product, then they can continue as a free model. But that isn’t reality. So most likely, as the article you point to noted, try to sell add-on services of some kind that someone might be willing to pay for or sell to someone else. Take advantage of the free access while it exists.
Jojo
1 year ago
Some potential AI futures in the financial world here:
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From financial planning to dealmaking, here’s how ChatGPT could impact jobs across Wall Street
Feb 3, 2023, 9:04 AM
– ChatGPT could play a key role in several areas of finance.
– ChatGPT will have real-world applications in financial services.
– Experts say it will be used to enhance productivity and elevate existing tools.
Here’s how the chatbot could impact six different areas of Wall Street.
Experts have predicted ChatGPT’s impact on a variety of industries, and it appears Wall Street will be no exception.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been the subject of public fascination recently. Microsoft poured $10 billion into the startup during its most recent round at the end of January, which reportedly valued the startup at $29 billion.
ChatGPT is a chatbot that generates conversational written responses to a user’s questions and prompts by using generative artificial intelligence that recognizes and mimics human speech patterns while dispatching encyclopedic knowledge. From churning out grammatically-correct but substance-lacking school essays to giving sound advice on how to negotiate a raise, playing with the chatbot is a fun pastime, but people have begun to wonder the impact it could have on across a multitude of industries.
It’s still early days — ChatGPT was released to the public in late November — but experts already expect ChatGPT and its underlying tech to be utilized as a productivity-enhancing tool in finance.
The problem stems from the fact that as soon as a Euro startup manages to attract market share, it is immediately gobbled up by some Silicon Valley behemoth protecting it’s turf.
China on the other hand, protects her competitors to US behemoths.
If you don’t have major information technology corporations, you don’t have investments and know how.
The US is also delusional thinking it can outsource manufacturing, and still have manufacturing inovation.
Politicians are not selected for their mental abilities, and their academic advisors are not much beter.
That said, I went shopping today, and didn’t run into an IA all day, just agricultural and manufactured products.
One day, I will appriciate my car having road assistance technology, but can live without it for now.
Some day, AI will be able to guess what I am thinking, and slap a penance on me for my thoughts, but hopefully not soon.
Did you use your car’s navigation system? The prices on the shelf, likely set by an algo if the store is at all capable. If you used spell check on your posting, that’s AI. All these uses of “AI” along with 100’s of others that no one thinks about anymore bc the goal posts move on what is futurestic AI is and what a “feature” is. So yes, you use AI. Every day.
PapaDave
1 year ago
If you are American, you have to like how the EU is managed. They become less and less competitive, letting the US continue to dominate in many areas.
Also, the US is likely to lead in hydrogen and renewables going forward, thanks to Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. I expect some US companies to end up dominating the area.
In addition, the US will be expanding LNG export capabilities substantially in 2024/5, and the EU will become more dependent on these exports.
Same goes for most things space related.
The US is going to benefit from the way Europe is managed.
“The US is going to benefit from the way Europe is managed.”
Compared to what?
Would the US be in better shape if Europe did not do things in a more American way? I’d guess yes. But, that’s a guess.
Now, if the measure is simply how much better the US does than Europe, then a blah US is far, far better off than an impoverished Europe. But is that situation what the US should shoot for?!?
The world is full of opportunities, for the individual, for companies, and for countries. The question is : who will take advantage of the opportunities? When you deliberately ignore the opportunities, someone else will take advantage.
For example: when digital cameras were first invented, companies like Kodak and Polaroid felt that they would never replace film cameras, so they refused to get involved with them, until it was too late. They let others take advantage.
Six000mileyear
1 year ago
EU government leaders are not experienced to make technical decisions and lead AI efforts. If they had the skills, they would have moved to the US to develop those technologies and profit instead of hiding in government.
8dots
1 year ago
Europe : let the boys of Meta AI & EV cannibalize themselves, before we move in, without spending much. We will get the final
products at half price.
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Ford Motor Co has yet to announce mass layoffs like the ones that
have plagued the tech industry in recent months. The latest sign the
Detroit automaker might reduce headcount in the near term is from the
CEO himself, according to Bloomberg.
The world is full of opportunities, for the individual, for companies, and for countries. The question is : who will take advantage of the opportunities? When you deliberately ignore the opportunities, someone else will take advantage.