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It’s blown my mind too. We would rather simulate consciousness than put down some tracks.

• erik_seaberg 3y ago
  It’s not feasible to run tracks down every street and dirt road. Each switch is a point of mechanical failure that requires a little intelligence to operate safely. And people and animals would still get run over.
  • nehal3m 3y ago
    Who said we should? You don’t need to lay tracks literally everywhere there is a road, just the main arteries like trams, trains and subways do. I meant ‘lay down some tracks’ as installing good public transport, not as a one to one replacement.
    • erik_seaberg 3y ago
      A self-driving car that can park in a remote location to recharge and won’t behave like a great ape? That fixes the few disadvantages of cars. Mass transit in batches has its own major disadvantages, and I’d prefer to obsolete it than have to settle for it.