The Decline of the Roughneck: How AI and Automation are Transforming the Oilfield Industry
The roughneck is slowly disappearing from the oilfield as AI and automation take over Picture an oilfield. Chances are you see a greasy drilling rig surrounded by a group of equally greased-up and grizzled oilmen, moving heavy equipment in a dangerous and labor-intensive environment. Not these days. The coverall-adorned roughnecks of yesteryear today are now […]
Elon Takes a Risk: Why Tesla’s Robotaxi Service Struggles to Scale and Validates Critics
‘Elon is gambling’ — How Tesla is proving doubters right on why its robotaxi service cannot scale The very day Elon Musk expanded the boundaries of his three-week-old autonomous ride hailing service in Austin, Joe Tegtmeyer’s Tesla tried to illegally run a railroad crossing just as a locomotive approached. “The robotaxi did not see that, […]
Elon Musk: “I Want to Witness AI’s Impact on Humanity, Even if It’s Negative”
Elon Musk says even if AI ultimately proves bad for humanity he still wants to be there to see it Two weeks ago, Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel struggled to answer whether he would prefer the human race to endure. Now it was Elon Musk’s turn to opine whether technology might remove the need for mankind’s existence. […]
The First Tesla Drives Itself Directly from Factory to Customer
The first Tesla just drove itself from its factory straight to the customer Tesla celebrated a historic first on Friday when a new Model Y left the factory in Austin and—without anyone in the vehicle—drove itself to a waiting customer a half-hour away. Already the second milestone this week after the commercial deployment of his robotaxi service, […]