If it had these two features, I'd never look at X again

In the US barrels, bolts, trigger groups, etc. aren't regulated parts
The only thing that requires federal paperwork is the receiver.
I bet you could CNC a AR15 receiver fairly easily.
Everything else you can just mailorder

It was -12 in Atlanta last winter
lol

I hope this fails
And with the ridiculously cheap price of commodity grade 37"-50" TVs, I think it will.

Can you show me the math on this, or point to a link that does?

At first? This AI will be subject to the same "garbage in garbage out" problem all AI faces.
And yes, color my a skeptic, but I am assuming 99.999% of this AI's training will be garbage.

Although maybe it will eventually filter out all these reports as "definitely not aliens"

but I don' think the humans that went through the trouble to set this up will like that.

especially as opposed to the completely environmentally benign fossil fuels extraction, refinement, and transport industries

What?

I routinely toodle around metro Atlanta in my car. At night, when bored, I occasionally tune into New Orleans, Detroit, Chicago, New York, and Boston stations, even windsor and toronto.

what is meeting therapy?

There are many good reliable automatic transmissions from companies like ZF, Allison, and Asin, that will go multiple 100s of thousands of miles with no issues.
The toyoata 6 speed that they rolled out in the early 2000's and is still going strong on the Tacoma and 4 runner is known to go 300k or more, even with crappy maintenance.

In the commercial vehicle world, there are automatic transmissions on commercial vehicles with millions of miles on them

Companies like BMW have determined that a transmission like the ZF's performance is as close to a DCT transmission to be not-enough-difference-to-make-a-difference, even in some of their sports cars.

is it as fast as DCT? no..
But it's cheaper, reliable, and again, not-enough-difference-to-make-a-difference, in most applications at least.

And you are also moving the goalposts. No one is arguing that it is a DCT with a computer controlled clutch..
But, compared to a traditional manual, yes at 200MS, it IS faster than any human.

ZF-8HP is a traditional torque-converter-planetary gearset automatic. It's shift time in sub 200ms. So fast it's replaced DCTs in some cars because its "good enough" and cheaper.

automated, and even fully automatic transmissions are used in 80,000 pound vehicles these days

they've been working on the whole engine braking thing just a lil bit.. https://www.ttnews.com/article...

The ZF-8HP shifts so fast, it has even pushed out higher end DCTs in certain applications.
you aren't beating it

but, you know when "slushbox" comes out, you are dealing with a level of emotional investment that won't be dissuaded by facts,