Driverless Cars
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I will try my best to do my part to be less stupid, but I'm sure I will be stupid enough to commit some other stupidity I'm not aware of...
The theory behind the driving code is that if everybody followed it's rules no accident would happen.
As that's not possible, accidents happen. Without rules nobody would know what to expect and it would be even worse.
The theory behind driverless cars is that they would follow rules. They are now willingly breaking rules so they get less boring (probably more humane too) so I don't see the point, really!
I really thought the idea was getting humanity and it's stupidity out of the equation. I guess we are so stupid that we can't do that...
Ah, and another side note, imho intelligence and stupidity can both exist in their highest levels on the same human being.
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@mike amos said:
What it comes down to is "There is no legislation on stupidity". Perhaps we need an intelligence test, in the driving test.
You can't fix stupid (Ron White, comedian). Probably a little not safe for work.
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"Ah, and another side note, imho intelligence and stupidity can both exist in their highest levels on the same human being". I have noticed that too, it is called government.
I was not calling you stupid, there is no evidence of that and I would be calling myself stupid by doing so. We all make many decisions every day and if only there was a way to ensure all these decisions were inteligent it would be a miracle. Taking the point about "could a self drive car decide who to hit, a child or elderly person". Can a human driver always even think along those lines or would brain fade/freeze mean no choice is made. Some people are expecting a machine to make decisions most of us cannot and that is pointless.
I am not in favour of self drive cars but they are hardly the monsters/stupid choices some have made them out to be. There is no right or wrong solution and I believe this debate will go on for a long time to come. -
@mike amos said:
There is no right or wrong solution and I believe this debate will go on for a long time to come.
And that's why I respect that tesla has made such a move and has so many self driving cars in the market already. They will fail as even machines are made by humans. What we should talk about is if they are effectively bringing us advantages either now or in the future and if those advantages outweigh these failures. Imho they do...
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Driverless cars are the future, it's just the implementation that's going to take time and education.
I'm wondering if like every good thing we get there is always an equal and opposite bad thing, like hacking a car or ransom-ware that you will need to pay before you can use your car etc.
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With the level of connectivity in current and future cars I am glad mine is analogue. I agree there are huge benefits but the potential for intrusion is huge and I am not sure there is a truly SAFE car with the level of connectivity required by self drive cars.
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