EVs Are Just Too Darn Expensive - The Tech Jawn 105

The Tech Jawn

Robb Dunewood

Black Tech, Technology, Tech News, Black Tech Podcasts, Society & Culture, News, Tech Podcasts

4.8 • 32 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Electric vehicle sales are actually up year over year but their increased cost compared to the ICE counterparts keeps consumers from adopting them at the rate auto manufacturers thought they would.

Elon Musk’s generative AI company X.ai released its LLM Grok this week. The chatbot comes with an X Premium+ account and answers you in a snarky tone.

Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses are out. Are you going to cop a pair, or, naw?

And Click Workers, the people who train AI, are underpaid, underappreciated, and incentivized to “go along with the group” instead of calling it like they see it.

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0:00.0	I've got the new Samsung Galaxy S-25 and so many brownie points.
0:05.8	You see, Now Brief with Galaxy AI learns my schedule to keep me ahead of my day.
0:10.7	Weather, activity stats and diary updates like Janie's birthday.
0:14.5	Oh, you remembered.
0:16.4	Thanks, Now Brief.
0:17.9	Buy the new Samsung Galaxy S-25 on 2002 by 19th of March and save up to £480.
0:23.6	Selected languages only.
0:24.5	Account login and network connection required, offer available on 30 gigabyte plus tariffs,
0:27.8	£10 per month discount over 48 months.
0:29.5	Chams apply.
0:31.1	Do, do, do!
0:35.6	Bampa!
0:37.3	Bamba! Bampa! B! Bam! Bam! Bam! B!
0:39.9	Okay! Enough. Enough Rasmataz!
0:42.9	But it's not every day a new scratch card drops.
0:45.2	With the new set for five years scratch card from the National Lottery.
0:49.4	You could win five grand a month, every month for five years.
0:53.1	Pick up yours in store today and get scratching.
0:56.3	Search Dream Big Place Mall. Rules, procedures and game-specific rules apply.
0:59.1	Place must be 18 or over.
1:03.4	Electric vehicle sales are actually up year over year,
1:05.8	but their increased costs compared to their ICE counterparts keeps consumers from adopting them
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