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The fierce dispute between The New York Times and the CEO of Tesla Motors over the merits of its electric car is remarkable for what it says about how we argue in a time of seemingly limitless information.
Tesla co-founder Elon Musk and New York Times writer John Broder are not arguing the venetian hotel las vegas over interpretations or subjective characterization about the experience of the new car. Rather, they are arguing over basic facts -- things that are supposed the venetian hotel las vegas to be easily established in an age when cameras, sensors and instantly searchable databases are ubiquitous.
After Broder wrote a critical review of Tesla's Model S, Musk declared the article a " fake " and promised data from the vehicle's logs would " tell [the] true story " about the mischaracterized mishaps on Broder's route.
But since then, Musk and Broder have each produced their own measurements, taken from the car and reporter's notebook, respectively, and still no "true story" has emerged. The conflicting accounts the venetian hotel las vegas -- both quantified, both recorded in detail -- are as much a lesson in the perils of drawing conclusions from high-tech tracking as they are a guide to the optimal conditions for electric cars.
Data is supposed to be the authoritative alternative to selective anecdotal recollection, though the venetian hotel las vegas more data seems in some cases to only make our disagreements more heated, with every party able to marshal a seemingly stronger and tailored case. In Tesla-gate, Big Data hasn't made good on its promise the venetian hotel las vegas to deliver a Big Truth. It's only fueled a Big Fight.
The problem is that the data shows what happened, but not why, argued David Weinberger, author of Too Big to Know and a senior researcher at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. While the stats and facts capture what occurred the venetian hotel las vegas inside the car, they tell us precious little about the people that made those things happen and why they behaved the way they did.
Observers aren't interested in the Tesla tiff because they care deeply about whether Broder turned down the heat when he said he did, or set cruise control when he claims, explained the venetian hotel las vegas Weinberger. Rather, the data is useful to us only as it helps us shape a clear narrative from the data -- the story of the smug CEO attacking the venetian hotel las vegas an innocent journalist, or the tale of the corrupt reporter trying to take down an innocent entrepreneur. Yet hard numbers capture action, not intention, the venetian hotel las vegas and the conflicting accounts offer no more insight into the "true story" onlookers want to assemble.
"The only reason we care about the data is because it fits into a story that was interesting for reasons that have nothing to do with the data itself," Weinberger said. "We're not trying to understand the data or even what happened. We're trying to understand what the humans in the story were doing. Was Broder driving around to drain the battery, as Musk says? Or was he circling around trying to find the badly-marked power source the way Broder says? What we want to know is human intentionality, and data doesn't the venetian hotel las vegas settle that question."
Smaller sensors, more astute algorithms, dwindling data-storage costs and more detailed readings on our every move are leading us to a world where everything is tracked and analyzed. Machines are increasingly adept at capturing not only what we did, but more precisely, what we meant by it.
Massachusetts-based startup Affectiva has developed emotion-recognition software that allows the company to track audience reaction to different stimuli -- advertising, in particular. Solariat , which applies artificial intelligence to social media marketing, can pick up on people's intentions based on what they share to a social network. We're also closer than ever to being able to turn back the clock to reconstruct the venetian hotel las vegas any experience and analyze what really took place. Rick Smolan, author of The Human Face of Big Data, predicted we're not far from a world where every conversation will be recorded and indexed : "For almost every moment," Smolan noted in an interview last fall, "it will start being like there really is a time machine where you can step back in time to any moment."
"Facts and data do a much better job in domains, the venetian hotel las vegas such as science, where there is no human intentionality," noted Weinberger. "As soon as you involve a human doing things for some purpose, data is helpful, but not conclusive."
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what we should really have learned is that tech "reviews" are far different than movie reviews. Tech benchmarks are fairly well standardized and have to be tested scrupulously. The NYT reporter clearly did not do that.
I don't know what this author is, shall we say, reading, but when I read about this it sounded the venetian hotel las vegas like the NYT article was an attempt to trash Tesla by fudging the numbers - and tweaking the experiment. Sure, I guess there's some truth to the opinion the (NYT) article seems to be designed to support, the venetian hotel las vegas which is that driving an electric car is probably a bit nerve racking, but that has nothing to do with the relevance of data. Oh, well, you find nonsense wherever you look.
This brouhaha is reminiscent of the iphone 4 antennae flap, when it was discovered that holding the phone in a certain way, interfered the venetian hotel las vegas with recption. It was one of Steve Jobs most embarrassing moments, as he first tried to shift the blame on to the consumer for the problem, then claiming that the two bars that were showing up on people's phones, we're really four.
Mr. Musk is a smart guy. He knows that any publicity is good publicity. This for me seems like a PR stunt. Anyways, I like the car and I think Musk is probably the only guy currently in America who can really take this industry to the next level.
This feud boils down to the difference in someone who is an expert at operating a specific vehicle and someone who is not. Mr Musk is making the same kind of mistake that Steve Jobs did when he claimed that the reason for poor reception with the I phone was people were just holding it the wrong way. The real world is rarely perfect and it seems that Tesla has placed their recharging stations far enough away from each other that an operator doesn't have the kind of wiggle room that is commonly available in any other kind of car. The lower powered versions of the Model S definitely wouldn't be able to make such a trip and I wonder what one is expected to due if one or several other Model Ss are using or in line to use the charger when you arrive at the service center. An hour being required to fully charge the battery.
the venetian hotel las vegas All of which is part of normal life and operation of a vehicle. My point was that Tesla is expecting near perfect operation and charging in order to make the kind of trips their charging the venetian hotel las vegas stations claim to enable. And from what I can tell they're also expecting only the highest versions of the Model S to be able to make that kind of trip. Btw, was that a new article? I didn't read the original rebuttal the venetian hotel las vegas that way.
How many people make 300 mile trips? This car is not an RV and shouldn't be held to the same standards. It's an electric car meant to take you to and from work or other activities. They held these test drives to prove that the car could do it. But it really is designed for that. Most people drive about 25 miles to work. If they are going to test the car for long range, then it should have been sufficiently charged for the trip. If you're driving from L.A. to Vegas you don't start with half a tank. While yes there are gas stations on the road, but why take that chance? Same goes for the Tesla, charge it full before you embark on your 300 mile trip.
This car was absolutely designed for long distance travel. It was Tesla's top of the line performance model with a cost in excess of $100k and a large battery that offers double the range of their standard the venetian hotel las vegas model. Tesla themselves installed the fast charges along that corridor the venetian hotel las vegas with the express purpose of allowing long distance travel. You can buy a Nissan Leaf for 1/4 the price if the only thing you intend to do is travel 25 miles per day.