I'm struck by how empty the streets are.

That won’t help you if they decide that they don’t like you.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-citizen-arrested-by-ice_n_...

That reply uses I/I’m around a dozen times, forcing the user into anthropomorphising the AI.

Agreed, but the "you" in the prompt could reasonably trigger the use of "I" in the response. Not that many people pay that much attention to such things....

I suspect that in a large scale disaster/emergency the communications systems may be disrupted and it may not be possible to remotely control the vehicles.

Perhaps in such cases they can pull over in a safe place, or if they have an occupant ask them if they wish to continue the journey or stop.

Perhaps they already do this, I have no experience with autonomous vehicles.

Aren’t CATL already producing sodium-ion batteries for about 60% the cost of lithium-ion for equivalent capacity?

Yeah. Maybe this tech will have a place for week-long storage and be a good buffer for wind power but I hard to see the economics working for daily cycling.

Oh, no! Hollywood will get richer and the poor author will get nothing!

(2023)

> Like if I bump a table, my reflexes freak out

I know exactly what you mean. I have chronic lower back pain and sciatica but mild enough that I can manage it without medication most of the time.

But often, just walking through the house I will bump into a doorway etc and get a sudden spike of pain not from the bump but from my reflexive response.

Sorry to hear about your condition and I hope you can manage it successfully.

“I believe John Wilkes Booth to be innocent!” - Alexander Hamilton.

"Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?”