3.13: Inevitable? (Live at NC State)

Talking about self-driving cars and the tensions between public safety and personal responsibility, and between technological possibility and cultural norms.
Corrigenda

• Stephen meant “Black Beauty” rather than “Black Betsy”.
• Mat Honan’s piece we referred to was on BuzzFeed, not Wired.

Links

• Google’s Cute Cars And The Ugly End Of Driving: The main thing you should know about autonomous vehicles is that they are utterly inevitable.
• Chrysler hack

Before You Go

JetBrains gets subscription pricing right!

1. Original post: “Introducing JetBrains Toolbox, easier access to your coding tools, more control and flexibility, and a lower entry price”
2. Follow-up: “We are listening”
3. Announcement of updated model: “Final update on the JetBrains Toolbox announcement”

Music

• “Spring” by Sam Birchfield. Used by permission.
• “Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho, who still wants to find a Steinway and a good piano microphone to get a non-synthesized version of the theme.

Sponsors

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• Jeremy W. Sherman
• Jeremy Cherfas

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