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To me that removes the "self" in self-driving car. A car that stays on the road because there are magic beacons is like bowling with thise giant bumpers in the

To me that removes the "self" in self-driving car. A car that stays on the road because there are magic beacons is like bowling with thise giant bumpers in the gutters. It'd be more like cars with uber cruise control.

macintux 8y ago
Don't we want driving to be more like bowling with bumpers in the gutters? Safer is better, no matter how we get there.
- CaptSpify 8y ago
  > Safer is better, no matter how we get there. Not really true. It'd be safer to just get rid of high-speed vehicles in the first place, but that would be disastrous.
  - macintux 8y ago
    Yeah, I knew that was a bit hyperbolic when I wrote it.
Piskvorrr 8y ago
That would be a train, essentially. Nothing wrong with that - but some of the stakeholders would need to eat crow. That could prove problematic, as some actors have doubled down on the "full autonomy real soon now™".