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This reminds me of a Planet Money episode (a great podcast). http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/07/29/427467598/episode-642-the-big-red-button http://www.np
by hunterwerlla 10y ago
This reminds me of a Planet Money episode (a great podcast). http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/07/29/427467598/episode-642-the-big-red-button http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/07/29/427467598/episo... . In it, they talk about people not wanting to ride elevators not controlled by a human operator, and how companies got people to ride them. In the same way as elevators, people will eventually adapt to self driving cars even if the industry needs something like a manual mode for emergencies or a big red button.
- markbnj 10y agoExactly. This article is just as silly. Wide-spread adoption and integration of driverless cars is a long way off yet. I don't know how long, but I also don't care since it isn't my job to predict the curve. I have zero doubt that it will happen. Humans are horrible operators of machinery. At some point the machines will absolutely be better at operating themselves under our direction. So in the meantime, let's find some people who are unnerved by all the media conversation and get some click bait out of it.
- mangeletti 10y agoLove Planet Money. I started listening back in mid 2009, and about 2 years ago I went back and listened from the start. I highly recommend it, because they started literally right when the market was crashing, and the show was so interesting. I'm now about 1 year behind again... time for a full week of Planet Money.