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> Imagine if the max amount of driving a human can endure is removed entirely as a final constraint on the total utilization rate of this infrastructure and is
by q7xvh97o2pDhNrh 4y ago
> Imagine if the max amount of driving a human can endure is removed entirely as a final constraint on the total utilization rate of this infrastructure and is replaced with a relentless driving machine that never tires or gets frustrated and has no fear of death.
Sure!
An entire class of accidents and injuries will be entirely gone, saving countless lives. Insurance will get cheaper for everyone. Cities will be able to adapt and grow more quickly, since traffic management can finally happen in realtime and at scale. Pollution will plummet.
Cars can get smaller and smaller, focusing only on having a safe space for passengers and eliminating all the extra "driver" nonsense. With so many cars on the road, you'd always be able to catch a ride, anywhere, anytime.
Each car could have a delicious sandwich compartment, so that it's always doing double-duty for carrying both passengers and sandwiches. (Every car would have a couple drones it could dispatch to pick up and deliver sandwiches, so that passenger trips can go on uninterrupted.)
People will forget how to drive entirely, of course, so there will be no going back. The whole thing will feed on itself, and we'll enter a golden era of cheap transportation and ever-faster sandwich delivery.
- johnnymorgan 4y agoOk you lost me at the first part but then came in for the win with the sandwich compartment and drone delivery. I for one welcome our autonomous sandwich delivery overlords. Joking aside I'm more curious on the negative aspect of self driving vehicles as I'm not entirely convinced they will explode into the market quite the way it's been pitched. In the long run however you can't ignore the productivity increases and the cultural changes that will come with it being a net positive. Governance and ownership is the sticky point for me.
- ramblenode 4y agoThere may be sandwiches but there will definitely be ads.