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A few years ago I wrote a short story on how people would force cars to stop in order to extort money from the passengers. I thought such a thing would first ha
by forinti 3y ago
A few years ago I wrote a short story on how people would force cars to stop in order to extort money from the passengers. I thought such a thing would first happen in Rio.
It's inevitable, whatever the reason: if the car won't run over people or things, whoever wants to stop them will do so.
- the-dude 3y agoYou are being too modest : post the link!
- forinti 3y agoIt's in Portuguese, though: http://alquerubim.blogspot.com/2016/11/o-caos-imposto-pela-ordem.html http://alquerubim.blogspot.com/2016/11/o-caos-imposto-pela-o...
- the-dude 3y agohttps://alquerubim-blogspot-com.translate.goog/2016/11/o-caos-imposto-pela-ordem.html?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://alquerubim-blogspot-com.translate.goog/2016/11/o-cao... 2050! The ordeal reminds me of Rome, which I visited as a teenager. I discovered if you didn't take a risk / put your life on the line, cars wouldn't stop at a zebra(crossing).
- shortcake27 3y agoYou speak as if criminals don’t already exist; as if it isn’t currently possible to rob a house, or someone on the street, or a car stopped at traffic lights. If someone wants to commit a robbery there are already plenty of ways they can do it. I fail to see how autonomous vehicles would increase the rate of crime.
- forinti 3y agoIt's one thing to rob someone, it's quite another to ask for five bob to get out of the way.
- influxmoment 3y agoPeople will defend themselves. Robots taking care of people won't
- mcpackieh 3y agoHow will an AV handle a situation like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnTPKU2HHRA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnTPKU2HHRA I think it will politely park and let you be robbed, kidnapped, or worse.
- efields 3y agoNo they don’t speak that way. You’re interpreting that to bolster your point, which is true. You can’t stop/rob a robocar if they don’t exist. Of course you can already rob something else.
- 1letterunixname 3y agoIt's far fetched but not impossible. Rio is already extremely dangerous compared to SF, with gangs committing mass robbery, home invasions, shootings, and kidnappings. More likely a much more benign gamification will ensue in the US: homeless people will learn they can extort money from passengers of self driving vehicles in exchange for not delaying them with cones, physically blocking them, or whatever. I'd look at it as karma or recompense from a society that doesn't meet the basic needs of all people.
- yesiamyourdad 3y agoThis happened in NYC in the 1980s, people would stand at stoplights with a squeegee and offer to clean your windshield for money. If you refused, they'd wipe your windshield with an oily rag.
- NegativeK 3y agoWhat got them to stop?