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I don't think we know where AI driven cars will lead. no parking lots? If we have AI driven cars than billions of people who can't drive can suddenly use a car

I don't think we know where AI driven cars will lead. no parking lots? If we have AI driven cars than billions of people who can't drive can suddenly use a car. Your 5yr old kid wants to visit grandma? The just ask the car to take them there. Grandma who's too old to drive wants to go somewhere? She jumps in an AI car. All that public transportation in Tokyo, HK, Singapore, NYC, London, Paris, Berlin? Maybe all that disappears. Maybe many people stay close to home because they don't have a car and public transportation is no fun (10 minute walk to station, 2-3 transfers, possibly a crowded train standing with sweating people, 10 minute walk from station to final dest) but if there are ubiquitous AI cars then I can go door to door at any time. Those two 10 minute walks disappear, the standing with sweaty people disappears. Now I start traveling far more often. Even better I don't have to concentrate on driving I can use that time. In other words, AI cars might 10x car usage

blauditore 9y ago
I really doubt that. For many people, having a car is also a question of money. Also, in many cities it's more practical to use bicycles or public transport rather than cars. Also, the reasons 5-year-olds don't travel alone would still apply with AI cars: What happens if something goes wrong, e.g. the car breaks down?
- greggman 9y ago
  You don't need to own an AI car to use an AI car. As for "what if something goes wrong" the same is true for any transportation. If I can stand anywhere in the city, press a button on my phone and have an AI car pick me up in 3-5 mins you can bet using them will become extremely common.
dx034 9y ago
Public transport will continue to exist because it'd too expensive to build enough roads. London without Bus & Tube? You could walk faster than using a self driving car (recent tube strikes confirm that). It would hurt medium distance flights and trains though. Boston-NYC would probably be more attractive in a self driving car than flying.
- greggman 9y ago
  AI cars are supposed to solve traffic. That assumes all cars are AI cars but that's certainly one possible future (30-50yrs out). I'm sure someone thought horses would still be a thing when cars were introduced. I think it will go the same with AI cars. People will find the convenience too hard to resist and and some point I suspect human drivers will be relegated to race tracks and country roads

blauditore 9y ago

I really doubt that. For many people, having a car is also a question of money. Also, in many cities it's more practical to use bicycles or public transport rather than cars. Also, the reasons 5-year-olds don't travel alone would still apply with AI cars: What happens if something goes wrong, e.g. the car breaks down?

greggman 9y ago
You don't need to own an AI car to use an AI car. As for "what if something goes wrong" the same is true for any transportation. If I can stand anywhere in the city, press a button on my phone and have an AI car pick me up in 3-5 mins you can bet using them will become extremely common.

dx034 9y ago

Public transport will continue to exist because it'd too expensive to build enough roads. London without Bus & Tube? You could walk faster than using a self driving car (recent tube strikes confirm that). It would hurt medium distance flights and trains though. Boston-NYC would probably be more attractive in a self driving car than flying.

greggman 9y ago
AI cars are supposed to solve traffic. That assumes all cars are AI cars but that's certainly one possible future (30-50yrs out). I'm sure someone thought horses would still be a thing when cars were introduced. I think it will go the same with AI cars. People will find the convenience too hard to resist and and some point I suspect human drivers will be relegated to race tracks and country roads