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05-16-2017 02:32 PM |
Free Robo AI Auto Rides from Google
Google Made E-mail Free; Are Cars Next? - Barron's
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[I]n the near term, all those miles mean more data to capture, which feeds back into autonomous-driving programs to help make them better. In the medium-to-long term, though, once the kinks have been worked out, tech companies could choose to drive you around as a way to capture data on you and then try to sell you stuff. And that?s the part that Jonas thinks should scare Tesla investors.
?One of the biggest concerns we have about the ?end-state? of shared mobility from a Tesla perspective is the risk that other firms could enter the market as a competitor, offering the mobility service from, say, New York to Boston or from Santa Monica to LAX at a loss? just to get access to your time and data,? he wrote. That model could allow Google to one day drive you around practically for free. Think what Google did for email. ...
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Interesting perspective but is YOUR data worth the cost of the ride?
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