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This...is entirely the point OP is making. You get more brain power to watch out for the semi jackknifing into you, the car switching lanes without signaling, t
by nexuist 5y ago
This...is entirely the point OP is making. You get more brain power to watch out for the semi jackknifing into you, the car switching lanes without signaling, the truck about to lose a bucket or chair from its bed. This is stuff you may not catch when you're spending your brain power focusing on staying between the lanes and keeping your distance between the car in front.
When you automate away the mundane, exceptions are much easier to catch.
- crote 5y agoThe problem is that it isn't automated away. Self-driving cars will take that stuff over 99% of the time, but the 1% where it screws up is the dangerous part. There are plenty of examples where a self-driving car seemingly randomly seems to go completely haywire, without any obvious reason. Instead of spending brain power on driving properly, you now have to spend brain power on looking at what you should be doing _and_ checking if the car actually agrees and is doing it. Staying 100% focused without actually _doing_ anything is incredibly difficult. Many countries intentionally add curves to their highways to keep drivers alert: having a pencil-straight road for hundreds of miles really messes with the human brain.
- stephencanon 5y ago> You get more brain power to watch out for the semi That doesn’t help at all if you’re reading a book or playing on your phone, both of which are things I observe Tesla drivers doing pretty often when I’m in the Bay Area.