Carson: The public's perception of atomis try technology was shaped in this sort of pecipe era by, you know, the media and really an a lot of teinventure capitalists had kind of bought a certain narrativeand that kind of filtered out into the media. He says most of the short term applications may well be a non consumer facing. Carson: Headlines are hard but we need like headline writing is both in art, but it's also a very toxic science which often is in conflict with the substance of the story.
The gang discusses a couple of Kirsten's recent scoops that speak to the complex business challenges the autonomous vehicle space is currently negotiating. From Raquel Urtasun's new startup to Aurora (and others) plans to go public, the big players are making some very high-stakes bets about how the sector will shake out. Plus: Tesla loses a top executive, Alex is fair and balanced, and everyone hates the phrase "solving autonomy."