@markiewagner: Stepping outside my Stanford/Google/Waymo research bubble and sitting with real American companies made me realize why …
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A researcher steps outside their Stanford/Google/Waymo bubble and observes that most of the economy cannot be automated by software or AI alone, highlighting the need for a new flexible approach.
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Stepping outside my Stanford/Google/Waymo research bubble and sitting with real American companies made me realize why the bulk of the economy was not automatable by software or AI.
We needed something new that is neither strictly code or AI, something that can flex but deliver reliable and affordable results to the biggest companies in the world.
@tbpn @PoeticHQ
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