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Or celebrity personalities. I want Jennifer Lawrence to drive me around and tell me how much she likes eating junk food.

koolba 10y ago
I meant different patterns for acceleration/braking. More aggressive v.s. less aggressive. If it's all within the realm of a safe ride, they could eventually optimize the AI driver better to the passenger. In my case, I like having a more aggressive driver as long as they keep things safe. Others prefer "10 and 2 while keeping it exactly at 55 mph".
- leogiertz 10y ago
  Even if it's safe (measured by say accidents) aggressive driving still causes problems for pedestrians and other drivers.
  - koolba 10y ago
    I would guess there's a range of accelerations and relative to posted speeds that would be equally safe. Optimizing for passenger preference within that range is what I am referring to.
    - leogiertz 10y ago
      And I'm saying that there are people not inside your car that cares about how you're driving. Most of Uber's rides are in densely populated areas with plenty of other drivers, cyclists and pedestrians.
      - seanp2k2 10y ago
        It'll be for sure interesting to see how this plays out, especially with other human aggressive drivers. If people know they can always cut off the robot car which annoyingly drives the speed limit everywhere, takes turns super slowly, and optimizes itself to stay in the car pool lane, I'd hate to be riding in one. I'm not sure how many people currently mess with the Google cars but I'm sure it's more than zero. "Hey, wouldn't it be fun to see what happens when I just sorta...drift over the line into the stupid robot car's lane?" There will be mistakes. People will die at the hands of self-driving cars. There will be backlash. There will be people who "hunt" autonomous vehicles (look at drones, and consider how much people value airspace vs driving etiquette). GLHF.
        semi-extrinsic 10y ago
        > There will be people who "hunt" autonomous vehicles This. There are people today who "hunt" cyclists and Prii and roll coal at them: http://youtu.be/C_5h4CKRZO0 http://youtu.be/C_5h4CKRZO0
        spacehome 10y ago
        I wouldn't have believed it without the video. Edit: I guess this is what trolling looks like when the troll hasn't discovered the wonders of the internet yet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal
semi-extrinsic 10y ago
Or if you're going to a really important meeting, you can get Jason Statham.
- MichaelGG 10y ago
  It's a bit surprising we don't have that. People customize ringtones, you'd think they want to pay to customize Siri voices and so on. Maybe the companies in the position to do this (Google/Apple) don't view it as good enough revenue compared to potential harm to brand (looking trashy?).
  - cpeterso 10y ago
    Some in-car navigation systems sell celebrity voice options for their driving directions. My friend had John Cleese.
- spacehome 10y ago
  If I have a really important meeting, I need to arrive unharmed.

koolba 10y ago

I meant different patterns for acceleration/braking. More aggressive v.s. less aggressive. If it's all within the realm of a safe ride, they could eventually optimize the AI driver better to the passenger. In my case, I like having a more aggressive driver as long as they keep things safe. Others prefer "10 and 2 while keeping it exactly at 55 mph".

leogiertz 10y ago
Even if it's safe (measured by say accidents) aggressive driving still causes problems for pedestrians and other drivers.
- koolba 10y ago
  I would guess there's a range of accelerations and relative to posted speeds that would be equally safe. Optimizing for passenger preference within that range is what I am referring to.
  - leogiertz 10y ago
    And I'm saying that there are people not inside your car that cares about how you're driving. Most of Uber's rides are in densely populated areas with plenty of other drivers, cyclists and pedestrians.
    - seanp2k2 10y ago
      It'll be for sure interesting to see how this plays out, especially with other human aggressive drivers. If people know they can always cut off the robot car which annoyingly drives the speed limit everywhere, takes turns super slowly, and optimizes itself to stay in the car pool lane, I'd hate to be riding in one. I'm not sure how many people currently mess with the Google cars but I'm sure it's more than zero. "Hey, wouldn't it be fun to see what happens when I just sorta...drift over the line into the stupid robot car's lane?" There will be mistakes. People will die at the hands of self-driving cars. There will be backlash. There will be people who "hunt" autonomous vehicles (look at drones, and consider how much people value airspace vs driving etiquette). GLHF.
      - semi-extrinsic 10y ago
        > There will be people who "hunt" autonomous vehicles This. There are people today who "hunt" cyclists and Prii and roll coal at them: http://youtu.be/C_5h4CKRZO0 http://youtu.be/C_5h4CKRZO0
        spacehome 10y ago
        I wouldn't have believed it without the video. Edit: I guess this is what trolling looks like when the troll hasn't discovered the wonders of the internet yet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal

semi-extrinsic 10y ago

Or if you're going to a really important meeting, you can get Jason Statham.

MichaelGG 10y ago
It's a bit surprising we don't have that. People customize ringtones, you'd think they want to pay to customize Siri voices and so on. Maybe the companies in the position to do this (Google/Apple) don't view it as good enough revenue compared to potential harm to brand (looking trashy?).
- cpeterso 10y ago
  Some in-car navigation systems sell celebrity voice options for their driving directions. My friend had John Cleese.
spacehome 10y ago
If I have a really important meeting, I need to arrive unharmed.