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> Indeed self driving cars have so much upside they are inevitable. Sure the tech is hard, and we're not there yet, but the payoff is too big not to keep workin

> Indeed self driving cars have so much upside they are inevitable. Sure the tech is hard, and we're not there yet, but the payoff is too big not to keep working on it. As are fusion reactors that generate more energy than the total that goes in. Or room-temperature super conductors, or AGI, or Quantum computers, or… Not all technologies that appear possible will be achieved in practice. It’s not inevitable. I would argue it’s not even likely at this point.

bruce511 3y ago
Of course there's an argument it can't be done. Which is fair enough. Some things are harder to do than others. Yes, I'm skeptical of fusion, and quantum computing for that matter. Both are hardware problems though while self-driving is software. History is littered with things that "couldn't be done" and which are part of life today. So im not sure I'd bet on them "never being done". And self-driving seems solvable, I don't see any physics being stretched here. However history
- philipwhiuk 3y ago
  > Both are hardware problems though while self-driving is software. Is it though? Or is it a hardware problem disguised as a software problem.