But if the iPhone could process the data from its camera with the same accuracy as a human, it could drive your car.

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But Mr. Thrun and 12 engineers created a car that could drive itself down twisty Lombard Street without a human driver.

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That unconscious status-seeking motives largely drive human behavior is a major theme of recent work in evolutionary psychology.

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When asked about the apparent contradiction between being trustworthy enough to operate on a human brain but not trustworthy enough to drive, they both laughed, shrugged and began to discuss their expectations for life after they are actually are neurosurgeons.

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Post-IPO Facebook is trying to monetize a feature of basic human nature: our insatiable drive to connect with other people.

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The reasons such efforts drive up the costs include: A human needs a return ticket, while a robot can go one way.

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By understanding and harnessing the forces that drive human behavior, you can create a self-sustaining philanthropic effort that reaches millions of people.

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MHz Pentium laptop with 16 megabytes of memory and a one-gigabyte hard drive, and it will get as confused as any human shopper might.

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