I've been a little bit out of no the loop for for about a month now um and I'm curious you know obviously all the all this hype about large language models. There was some talk years years back about the different ways that AVs could communicate intent or or could maybe even start to interpret intent or whatever. Is there chatter about the potential for large language model technology to be implemented in a way that might allow a worker the construction worker or a police officer emergency responder or something to say hey like you're entering a tight choke point but you can make it just drive through slowly and that the system might be able to turn that into what they want. Are any of these
San Francisco is ground zero for a lot of the conflicts between the tech sector and society at large, and increasingly that conflict is centering on AVs. This week the gang discusses the technical and social factors at play, and how some AV developer strategies are shifting. Plus, a discussion of Ford's new deal to use Tesla Superchargers.