It will be especially interesting to hear what Japan's leaders say about the nature of being or becoming Japanese. We in the US have an administration that is trying to change the nature of citizenship; the goal appears to be a confused form of racial purity. We needn't worry about automation taking or augmenting jobs here because basic and secondary research have been defunded. I'm eager to see how Japan makes automation serve its people.
Yes, I think here in the UK we've been trying to poach some of your researchers recently, haven't we...?! As for Japan, I hope there can be a leader at some point who encourages a real, difficult, balanced conversation rather than just repeating far-right talking points. We shall see!
With the shortage of taxi and bus drivers it’s surprising that the most commercial robot, self-driving vehicles like the Waymo and Tesla ride share cars in service in Phoenix, Austin, LA and SF in the US aren’t even in testing here in Japan. Maybe the US models won’t work because they can’t handle driving on the wrong side of the road (yes, even the UK is not in the right here) or because of traffic patterns (only one lane in each direction, often blocked by right turning cars, or double parked delivery trucks) but it seems like there should be more progress here given the local robotics and automotive skills.
It will be especially interesting to hear what Japan's leaders say about the nature of being or becoming Japanese. We in the US have an administration that is trying to change the nature of citizenship; the goal appears to be a confused form of racial purity. We needn't worry about automation taking or augmenting jobs here because basic and secondary research have been defunded. I'm eager to see how Japan makes automation serve its people.
Yes, I think here in the UK we've been trying to poach some of your researchers recently, haven't we...?! As for Japan, I hope there can be a leader at some point who encourages a real, difficult, balanced conversation rather than just repeating far-right talking points. We shall see!
With the shortage of taxi and bus drivers it’s surprising that the most commercial robot, self-driving vehicles like the Waymo and Tesla ride share cars in service in Phoenix, Austin, LA and SF in the US aren’t even in testing here in Japan. Maybe the US models won’t work because they can’t handle driving on the wrong side of the road (yes, even the UK is not in the right here) or because of traffic patterns (only one lane in each direction, often blocked by right turning cars, or double parked delivery trucks) but it seems like there should be more progress here given the local robotics and automotive skills.
Thanks for your comment! I wonder if it's a precautionary thing, in Japan. I might look into this in a future post...