Alistair Barr

@alistairmbarr

Editor, writer, reporter, father, husband. I tweet what I want. He/him/his. Blue check

San Francisco

Joined July 2010

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Alistair Barr@alistairmbarr · Jul 19

A fanboy-free test of Tesla’s robotaxis in Austin. Several disengagements in fascinating ways. Overall, my colleague Lloyd felt safe during his multiple rides businessinsider.com/tesla-robotaxi…

alistairmbarr's tweet card. Tesla's robotaxi encountered three disengagements or human interventions during Business Insider's test of the service.

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Alistair Barr@alistairmbarr · Jul 14

Remember when Elon built Model 3 cars in tents? Zuck is doing this now with Meta AI data centers businessinsider.com/meta-mark-zuck… via @businessinsider

alistairmbarr's tweet card. Meta is building data centers in tents to rapidly scale AI infrastructure and try to catch rivals such as DeepSeek, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.

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Alistair Barr@alistairmbarr · Jul 11

West coast > east coast businessinsider.com/tech-memo-nvid… via @businessinsider

alistairmbarr's tweet image. West coast &gt; east coast
businessinsider.com/tech-memo-nvid… via @businessinsider

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Alistair Barr@alistairmbarr · Jul 4

We propose a new AI benchmark, ART, to determine true AGI. “Alistair’s Real-world Tests” comprise everyday tasks and problems that AI should really be able to do before we conclude that machines outperform humans businessinsider.com/openai-microso… via @businessinsider

alistairmbarr's tweet card. The most important AI partnership in the world partly revolves around whether OpenAI achieves AGI. I propose several practical tests.

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Alistair Barr@alistairmbarr · Jun 20

You decided to make today World Productivity Day?

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Alistair Barr@alistairmbarr · Jun 15

The people who paid $2000 are booing those who paid $12000 at the Canadian Grand Prix

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Alistair Barr@alistairmbarr · Jun 12

Uber is feeling very much like getting a taxi these days. Except we’ve funneled all the demand through one private company.

alistairmbarr's tweet image. Uber is feeling very much like getting a taxi these days. Except we’ve funneled all the demand through one private company.

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Alistair Barr@alistairmbarr · Jun 11

This chap looks a bit terrifying businessinsider.com/amazon-big-gro… via @businessinsider

alistairmbarr's tweet card. Amazon bought Whole Foods for $13.7 billion in 2017. The deal never fully fired up the tech giant's grocery business. This time could be different.

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Alistair Barr@alistairmbarr · Jun 6

So, is it OK to buy a Tesla now?

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