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Yes, a computer drives better than me. But that's not it's competition. Does it drive better than me driving while being supervised continuously by a computer?
by legolas2412 10y ago
Yes, a computer drives better than me. But that's not it's competition.
Does it drive better than me driving while being supervised continuously by a computer? I still make the important decisions, and my mistakes are pointed out by the computer.
The competition for self driving cars are not humans, but humans being adviced by driver assistance programmes
- ageofwant 10y agoNo sure why you make that distinction, or what the benefit of that will be. I want to read HN on the back seat on the way to work, not "supervise" the driving appliance.
- londons_explore 10y agoOp has a good point. You might want to read the web in the back seat, but if you supervising the computer makes it safer, will the public let you doze in the back seat putting your life and the lives of others at increased risk?
- ageofwant 10y agoIf I have to supervise, there is no point. Having a human intervene in what should be 100% automated is putting my life and others at risk. Look at road death statistics: the vast bulk of incidents are are caused by humans sucking at driving - why should anyone want to continue doing that ?
- legolas2412 10y agoI would say that humans should drive and computers should supervise and correct obvious mistakes, that however is status quo right now. It doesn't sell as futuristic fiction