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Autonomous driving will never happen. It's a pipe dream like the flying car. (The problems aren't technical, they're socal and legal, and will never be solved.)
by otabdeveloper4 6y ago
Autonomous driving will never happen. It's a pipe dream like the flying car. (The problems aren't technical, they're socal and legal, and will never be solved.)
- ashtonkem 6y agoIt’s not even clear when the technical problems will be solved. It’s been “in five to ten years” for a while now.
- wussboy 6y agoThat’s odd. I would have sworn the flying car problems are technical (failure scenarios, power to weight ratios etc.) and while maybe currently legal absolutely not social.
- otabdeveloper4 6y agoThe technical problems are solvable, while the social and legal ones are not.
- TedDoesntTalk 6y agoThink 200 years. We will have it but not in our lifetimes.
- yourmom2 6y agofantastic. just have to make sure society still exists in 200 years and we'll be all set.
- systemvoltage 6y ago30 years is a pretty long time. I am skeptical but you never know. Its exactly the opposite of flying cars. There are billions being spent on autonomous driving, DOT is onboard and trials have begun. I do agree that its not going to happen in next 5 years as Elon Musk claims.
- otabdeveloper4 6y agoPeople spent billions on "blockchain" too, this isn't any sort of indicator in the current economic climate.
- foobiekr 6y agoJapan spent a billion dollars in 1980s money to build AI. Investors piling into self-driving doesn’t mean it will work. It is pretty clear at this point that even if it happens the timeline is such that 100% of the me-too venture investments are going to fail completely with perhaps a few exceptions that get acquired by bigger fools first.
- tbihl 6y agoHopefully. If they do get solved, it'll be by further pushing people away from roads with walls or other barriers that prevent crossings.