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Not much, compared to taxis and Uber already available.
by atemerev 11y ago
Not much, compared to taxis and Uber already available.
- monk_e_boy 11y agoWith both you have to pay for the humans time. Robot cars will be cheaper. Given the choice for £x a mile for a human driver or (£x * 0.2) for a robot car?
- mdonahoe 11y agoThe dramatic changes will come when nearly cars are autonomous, and the rules of the road start changing to optimize for computers. In the meantime, I agree that you can approximate a self-driving car experience pretty closely by ordering an Uber.
- kbenson 11y agoWe'll probably see automated driver only roads, which allow a separate mode to be used where the AI can assume (or at least assume with much more certainty) that the other drivers are AI, and optimize accordingly. Shorter gap distances, higher speeds, etc. As long as human drivers are allowed on a particular segment of road, AI will always have to be somewhat more cautious, as the risk is still too high.
- ItsDeathball 11y agoThe problem there is cost. Even Uber and Lyft are too pricey for most people to rely on them for a daily commute. If autonomous cars drive that cost down to something comparable to bus fare, that's going to cause a major shift in the way people get around.