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You can go back in time before the invention of the train and find autonomous transportation!!! People used to own 'vehicles' that were capable of automatic ob

You can go back in time before the invention of the train and find autonomous transportation!!! People used to own 'vehicles' that were capable of automatic obstacle avoidance and fully autonomous navigation to predefined locations. These vehicles were even capable of refueling themselves, self-repairing minor damage, and even self-assembling new units!! Occasionally the they would glitch and cause unexpected behaviors, and given the technology of the time, the waste products from the 'fuel cell' would cause problems, but they worked pretty well... Eventually they were replaced by the non-intelligent automobiles, but they are still the preferred method of ground transport in rocky/uneven terrain, and can occasionally be seen in urban environments during parades, or being used for crowd control. We called them horses ;)

arcticbull 3y ago
I appreciate your sense of humor but horses were far from self-driving :) In fact the etymology of the words "driver" and "driving" may surprise you. > The origin of the term driver, as recorded from the 15th century, refers to the occupation of driving working animals, especially pack horses or draft horses. The verb ' to drive ' in origin means "to force to move, to impel by physical force". It's literally the job you're implying doesn't exist, heh. Further, the next iteration of transportation after the horse was actually the electric car in the early 1830s, long before the gas car (1886). The arc of history is surprisingly bendy.
- m348e912 3y ago
  > ... but horses were far from self-driving :) Kind of. But it doesn't get more self driving than this: https://www.foxnews.com/us/ohio-deputy-drunk-amish-guy-buggy https://www.foxnews.com/us/ohio-deputy-drunk-amish-guy-buggy Ohio deputy encounters 'drunk Amish guy' slumped over in moving buggy: 'The horse knows how to get home'

arcticbull 3y ago

I appreciate your sense of humor but horses were far from self-driving :) In fact the etymology of the words "driver" and "driving" may surprise you. > The origin of the term driver, as recorded from the 15th century, refers to the occupation of driving working animals, especially pack horses or draft horses. The verb ' to drive ' in origin means "to force to move, to impel by physical force". It's literally the job you're implying doesn't exist, heh. Further, the next iteration of transportation after the horse was actually the electric car in the early 1830s, long before the gas car (1886). The arc of history is surprisingly bendy.

m348e912 3y ago
> ... but horses were far from self-driving :) Kind of. But it doesn't get more self driving than this: https://www.foxnews.com/us/ohio-deputy-drunk-amish-guy-buggy https://www.foxnews.com/us/ohio-deputy-drunk-amish-guy-buggy Ohio deputy encounters 'drunk Amish guy' slumped over in moving buggy: 'The horse knows how to get home'