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I wonder how this compares to airplanes -- when the first commercial airlines came into existence, did people complain that they weren't able to fly the plane?
by zck 10y ago
I wonder how this compares to airplanes -- when the first commercial airlines came into existence, did people complain that they weren't able to fly the plane? What about autopilot?
- atemerev 10y agoLots of people are on their way to learn and get their pilot licenses, because freedom and excitement of flying do matter to them.
- TheCoelacanth 10y agoCompared to the number that drive their own car or the number that take commercial flights, there are a very, very small number of people who do that.
- kunai 10y ago> did people complain that they weren't able to fly the plane ...no. Turboprop and commercial jet aircraft complemented general aviation, they didn't supplant it. It's part of why I find the autonomous car argument so absurd. People are investing billions upon billions of dollars to create a more convenient and energy-efficient transportation infrastructure using cars... the LEAST efficient method to do so, and the most expensive to implement. It's for this reason why I think truly autonomous vehicles are much further away than people think, and when they DO arrive I'd predict that the vast majority of them will be 10-12 passenger on-demand autonomous vans that optimize per-person efficiency and reduce traffic.