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08-21-2023, 12:44 PM | #3 |
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In theory driverless cars would reduce the douchey accidents like tailgating.
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08-21-2023, 12:50 PM | #4 |
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08-21-2023, 12:54 PM | #5 |
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Actually, if I owned a fleet of driverless cars, I'm not sure I would even rent them out in snowy, icy conditions.
If somebody rear-ends your vehicle, the amount you get paid doesn't cover all the losses. Loss of use of vehicle, employee time to get vehicle repaired etc. |
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08-21-2023, 12:47 PM | #6 |
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The test should be whether driverless cars are safer than human driven ones.
But driverless cars could have one tenth the fatality rate and many people would find that unacceptable. |
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08-21-2023, 04:13 PM | #8 |
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08-22-2023, 12:40 PM | #10 |
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There are political factors in many things; most things, actually. There are gray areas when it comes to things like this. That's why sometimes I hate that we have to post certain things in DC. Sometimes, I would like a good, vibrant discussion with many different viewpoints. But I know that certain subjects will get relegated to DC no matter what.
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08-21-2023, 01:37 PM | #11 |
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Interesting bump. It seems like a lot of AI technologies (driverless cars, ChatGPT, etc.) are able to go from 0% awesome to 95% awesome pretty quickly, but that final 5% is super important yet difficult to achieve.
We've come a long way since this thread in terms of designing cars that can stay in their lanes and not hit anything in front of them, but things are still a little iffy in terms of being able to literally never have an active driver. I still think we'll get there eventually, but it may still be a bit before we start removing steering wheels from cars. |
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And bikes and pedestrians were either prohibited, or were at least required to carry transmitters... That would make it an awful lot easier. But I don't think it's viable to wait until for that to happen. I've actually wondered if Japan or South Korea might not get driverless cars on a large scale before the US just because they have a more business friendly environment. |
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