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I ran an autonomous vehicle company. I don't anymore. I have a PhD in vision science. I do ML stuff. I think a lot about how to make transportation systems less bad. I used to be a computer hacker, after a fashion, but this isn't about that.
"Marcus has become one of our few indispensable public intellectuals. The more people read him, the better our actions in shaping Al will be." - Kim Stanley Robinson, author of Ministry for the Future
I analyze housing affordability, transportation, culture and urban living. Among other things.
A newsletter of quiet contrarianism, slow analysis and ambient ideas