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I can't WAIT for driving to become obsolete. Just think about how retarded our entire thinking on transportation has been. We first tamed a massive, powerful

I can't WAIT for driving to become obsolete. Just think about how retarded our entire thinking on transportation has been. We first tamed a massive, powerful animal, placed a piece of leather on its back, and prayed that it didn't get too moody and threw us off. Now we strap ourselves into a piece of metal which 99.99% of us can't even begin to understand, then barrel down roads at 80mph while praying that the guy in the other lane isn't drunk/sleepy/high

StavrosK 10y ago
> a piece of metal which 99.99% of us can't even begin to understand That's not very charitable. I don't think the basics of an internal combustion engine are that hard for anyone to understand.
- digi_owl 10y ago
  These days you have a mass of computers adjusting said ICE every nanosecond to stay within certain emissions regulations etc. Damn it, when someone can hack the cars steering via the internet connected entertainment system, the engine is the least complicated part of the package.
ourmandave 10y ago
Now we strap ourselves into a piece of metal controlled by an AI which 99.99% of us can't even begin to understand, then barrel down roads at 80mph while praying that the AI in the other lane isn't hacked/faulty/Tesla v0.1a
- zimbatm 10y ago
  Or that a OTA software upgrade transforms the highway into a destruction derby playground.
- miend 10y ago
  Not to mention we have little means to increase our understanding, because the code is closed-source proprietary (along with everything else).
- eeZah7Ux 10y ago
  ...an AI which has proven many times to be a better driver than humans.
svieira 10y ago
So ~now~ in the future we'll strap ourselves into pieces of metal which 99.99% of us can't even begin to understand, controlled by a box of metal and sand which 99.9999% of us can't even begin to understand, then barrel down roads at 80mph while praying that the sand box in the other lane doesn't commit to a course of action that will only be understood when the black boxes are inspected by humans after being extracted from the twisted wreckage ... and that seems more sane? Remember, people gave us the space age - and also created oops-these-are-remotely-controllable-over-the-internet vehicles. At the scale we are talking one of two things will happen: 1. This will become a huge phenomenon with everyone rushing around every barrier set up by lawmakers (the Internet of (swiftly moving) [heavy] Things) 2. This will be locked down hard by lawmakers and quickly turn into an industry as heavily regulated as aircraft manufacture and only a handful of players will have access to the market, resulting in slower growth and penetration into the entire market.

StavrosK 10y ago

> a piece of metal which 99.99% of us can't even begin to understand That's not very charitable. I don't think the basics of an internal combustion engine are that hard for anyone to understand.

digi_owl 10y ago
These days you have a mass of computers adjusting said ICE every nanosecond to stay within certain emissions regulations etc. Damn it, when someone can hack the cars steering via the internet connected entertainment system, the engine is the least complicated part of the package.

ourmandave 10y ago

Now we strap ourselves into a piece of metal controlled by an AI which 99.99% of us can't even begin to understand, then barrel down roads at 80mph while praying that the AI in the other lane isn't hacked/faulty/Tesla v0.1a

zimbatm 10y ago
Or that a OTA software upgrade transforms the highway into a destruction derby playground.
miend 10y ago
Not to mention we have little means to increase our understanding, because the code is closed-source proprietary (along with everything else).
eeZah7Ux 10y ago
...an AI which has proven many times to be a better driver than humans.

svieira 10y ago

So ~now~ in the future we'll strap ourselves into pieces of metal which 99.99% of us can't even begin to understand, controlled by a box of metal and sand which 99.9999% of us can't even begin to understand, then barrel down roads at 80mph while praying that the sand box in the other lane doesn't commit to a course of action that will only be understood when the black boxes are inspected by humans after being extracted from the twisted wreckage ... and that seems more sane? Remember, people gave us the space age - and also created oops-these-are-remotely-controllable-over-the-internet vehicles. At the scale we are talking one of two things will happen: 1. This will become a huge phenomenon with everyone rushing around every barrier set up by lawmakers (the Internet of (swiftly moving) [heavy] Things) 2. This will be locked down hard by lawmakers and quickly turn into an industry as heavily regulated as aircraft manufacture and only a handful of players will have access to the market, resulting in slower growth and penetration into the entire market.