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You people need to stop saying this kind of stuff. I will bet you $1k on longbets.org that we do not have fully autonomous vehicles operating on public streets
by narrowrail 10y ago
You people need to stop saying this kind of stuff. I will bet you $1k on longbets.org that we do not have fully autonomous vehicles operating on public streets in 9 years (i.e. 2025). These types of statements are confusing the non-technical 'tech press' and they are misinforming the public.
- ufmace 10y agoThe way you worded it, I'd say we have that already: See Google's relatively public self-driving car project, already logging lots of fully autonomous miles on public streets https://youtu.be/bDOnn0-4Nq8 https://youtu.be/bDOnn0-4Nq8 I do think it'll be more like 50 years to get self-driving cars being sold to the general public that can drive autonomously anywhere though.
- narrowrail 10y ago"fully autonomous" requires no human intervention method, IMO. Google's cars have steering wheels. The gist of what I am trying to communicate is that serious disruption to the status quo will not happen from autonomous cars in my lifetime (one can quibble with specifics and lawyer the discussion at will).
- ufmace 10y agoWell they have already designed a special self-driving car model from the ground up that has no provision for a steering wheel at all.
- narrowrail 10y agoDid they design it or are they operating this thing? I designed a time-travel machine, do you want a ride?
- ufmace 10y agoHere's a youtube video of people being driven around in it https://youtu.be/CqSDWoAhvLU https://youtu.be/CqSDWoAhvLU Here's another youtube of it driving around on city streets https://youtu.be/_qE5VzuYFPU https://youtu.be/_qE5VzuYFPU