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...“$200 million log splitter,” O’Connor dryly enthused in the Instagram video.

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https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/ai-tractor-startup-founders

#ai #tractor

AI-Powered Tractor Startup Burns Through a Quarter Billion Dollars, Fires All Employees in Epic Implosion

Monarch Tractor, which promised to revolutionize farming with its AI-powered farming equipment, is now in ruins.

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Show threadCarolyn4d ago

@knowprose “In an interview with SFGATE, O’Connor drove the point home by saying he couldn’t find a single serious use for the AI tractor, and found its self-driving mode to be hazardous. “I wouldn’t let anyone else around it,” he said.”

Guess AI won’t be skynetting just yet. :)

Show threadRobert H4d ago

@knowprose

Someone will do a deep dive into #Monarch Tractor. They probably spent $10 M on tractors, the rest going to salaries and bonuses to folks who were happy to take a short ride.

See if Praveen Penmetsa has to sell his house. I doubt it.

Show threadCedar Fen Farm Cedar Fen Farm4d ago

@knowprose

I'd be quite happy with an electric tractor reasonably priced. Why AI. What happened to common sense? And why are all electric trucks made with back seats and uselessly short beds. I want an electric truck I can load a dozen sheep into or haul 8' lumber and sheet rock.

Show threadramblingsteve3d ago
@knowprose he's prompting it wrong! 🤡