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Re:Does current AI represent a dead end? by wat10000 on Friday December 27, 2024 @09:41AM (#42522409)
People also thought the Segway was a useless dead end and they were right.
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Re:Does current AI represent a dead end? by timcobb on Friday December 27, 2024 @10:03AM (#42522603)
Segway seems to have hardly been a dead end, or useless for that matter. Segway-style devices like the electric unicycle and many other light mobility devices seem to be direct descendants of the Segway. Segway introduced gyroscopes to the popular tech imagination, at least in my lifetime (not sure before).
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Re:Does current AI represent a dead end? by marcosdumay on Friday December 27, 2024 @11:13AM (#42523354)
Smartphones introduced gyroscopes to popular tech (and no, people were imagining them before transistors), Segway had nothing to do with that.
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Re:Does current AI represent a dead end? by wat10000 on Friday December 27, 2024 @10:10AM (#42522675)
What other light mobility devices? E-bikes and scooters seem to be the big things and they’re not anything like a Segway descendant.

A world where Segway never happened would be nearly indistinguishable from our own.

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Re:Does current AI represent a dead end? by Philpax on Friday December 27, 2024 @12:18PM (#42523991)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-balancing_scooter

Not the most popular, especially these days, but they are very much descended from Segways and have their own fans.

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