T3’s well-travelled tech guy revs up his brain engine one more time
Q JIM, EALING
A It is difficult for Guru to separate his usually furious opinions from the facts, so chew on this and spit out the bits you don’t like. The Cybertruck is, even Tesla would surely admit, rather ridiculous. That’s sort of the point. It begs to be talked about. It is a square-edged rolling monument that you can’t help but notice.
Whether that’s a good thing or not depends on your point of view and whether you’re deep in the sunk cost fallacy having ponied up a hundred grand for one. Not every onlooker’s reaction will be awestruck. Small children and fellow Tesla-heads will love it. Guru absolutely hates its brutalist stainless steel design; others adore the DMC DeLorean, though, so perhaps ol’ Elon needs to get this into a wacky time-travel film to up its cred.
It’s not all about highly divisive looks, though. There are innovations. There’s the biggest piece of automotive glass ever used, with the biggest ever windscreen wiper to smear it – just what you’ve been waiting for, reader. More practically, it has an 800V charging architecture, meaning it might mark a tipping point for longdistance EV practicality, and steers by wire to give its wheel an eerily short rotation.
The Cybertruck is, even Tesla would surely admit, rather ridiculous. That’s sort of the point. It begs to be talked about
Thankfully (or, let’s keep balance here, it might be sadly) we’re unlikely to see many Cybertrucks in the UK, given that it seems to be sized to match the US appetite for over-large trucks that fit neither the parking spaces or roads of these fair isles. What a shame – or boon, depending on your viewpoint.
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Q GRACE STOCK, VIA EMAIL
Is AI going to take my job?
A Although GaGu is quite sure that you’ve asked this as a way to exploit his tendency to expand the word ‘no’ to 300 flowery spittle-filled words, the answer is actually ‘maybe’ and you should probably be worried. There is no picture of the future that does not include an increase of AI’s capabilities and subsequently its responsibilities.
Even now, AI might be thick, but it makes about as many mistakes as you do, reader. It doesn’t need to sleep or eat, unlike your meaty carcass. It won’t hide in the toilet for half an hour browsing Reddit on its phone. It’s bloody cheap, and doesn’t demand things like pension contributions or ‘rights’. AI does as it’s told, just like you don’t. It is therefore not a surprise that employers without scruples or funds are racing to exploit today’s rudimentary AI for all it’s worth. Imagine what tomorrow’s more capable AI tools will bring.
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