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Even simple things are hardly self-driving at the moment. Take trains for example. No need to steer, have priority over anything else and basically can't brake
by phicoh 8y ago
Even simple things are hardly self-driving at the moment.
Take trains for example. No need to steer, have priority over anything else and basically can't brake.
Yet, a limited (and mostly subway) trains are self driving.
We have hardly any self 'driving' robots in day to day life. Those would be a lot slower and lighter.
Given that we have no industry standards for those kinds of things, it would be surprising if even one is considered safe enough in 10 years. Let alone that they would be mandated.
What makes them work at the moment is that they formally have to have a human in control. Same thing as an autopilot in a plane.
But a few more deadly mistakes and the whole concept may get scrapped.
- massysett 8y agoHa, the DC Metro makes your point. It started out being nearly all self-driving. All the operator did was close the doors. Now they have disabled one automatic system after another. They are all manually driven now, riders endure a jerky ride and wait several seconds at platforms so the operators can manually open the doors.