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The extreme size of tractor-trailers means that they also have an extremely large stopping distance once the brakes are applied. Estimates show that a tractor-trailer moving at 60 mph has a typical stopping distance of 310 feet (more than a football field) once brakes are applied.
Victims and Elected Officials Fight for Truck Safety on Capitol Hill
Brian Goggin
A so-called objective function, a mathematical means of scoring outcomes, can reward the algorithm if it guesses correctly. This process is how commercial AI works. YouTube, for example, wants to keep its users engaged, watching more videos so that they keep seeing ads. The objective function is designed to maximize user engagement. The algorithm tries to serve up content that keeps a user’s eyes on the page. Depending on whether its guess was right or wrong, the algorithm updates its model of what the user is likely to respond to.
Spirals of Delusion
foreignaffairs.com
We are not subjects of a State founded upon law, but members of a society founded upon revolution. Revolution is our obligation: our hope of evolution.
The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin
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