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In poorer nations autonomous cars could take much longer for mass adoption due to different, sometimes harsher road conditions, and lack of reliable road-map da
by swagasaurus-rex 6y ago
In poorer nations autonomous cars could take much longer for mass adoption due to different, sometimes harsher road conditions, and lack of reliable road-map data.
In addition, self-driving vehicles would be pricier. For a poor nation, that price tag might be higher than human labor.
- mxschumacher 6y agoyes, making autonomous driving work in central Delhi or Agadir will be much different from a US highway. Maybe it's too cyberpunk, but I can already see the headline of road pirates capturing autonomous cars and taking them apart for spares. Those sensors, the GPU and computing units are quite valuable.
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- TheDong 6y agoYour impression of Delhi and Agadir doesn't seem right to me. By the numbers, Delhi has the highest crime-rate in india, but it has a 5 times lower rate of crime than San Francisco does. And also, self-driving cars will all have enough cameras and be constantly connected to a server that theft will be far less likely for them than regular cars... and regular calls already seem to get by just fine without people stripping them to the bolts.
- strangeattractr 6y agoUnreported crimes aren't factored into the stats you quote.
- sudosysgen 6y agoThat works on both sides of the equation, as someone who lived both in NA and Morocco. There's similar levels of unreported crime.
- ohgodplsno 6y agoYou seem to think that data being sent to a server will stop physical theft. That's an... Optimistic point of view to say the least.
- mxschumacher 6y agoI meant the kind of traffic they have, I've driven there, it's unique!