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Self-driving cars are a political problem, not a technical problem. A functioning government would put everything from automation-friendly signaling standards

Self-driving cars are a political problem, not a technical problem. A functioning government would put everything from automation-friendly signaling standards to battery-swapping facilities into place. We humans used to do that sort of thing, but not anymore, so... bring on the AI. It won't work as well as it might otherwise be able to, but it'll probably kill fewer humans on the road at the end of the day. A low bar to clear.

lightbritefight 1y ago
Self-driving car companies dont want a unfiied signalling platform or other "open for all" infrastructure updates. They want to own self-driving, to lock you into a subscription on their platform. Literally the only open source self driving platform, from trillion to billion to million dollar companies is comma.ai, founded by Geohot. Thats it. Its actually very good, and I bet they would welcome these upgrades, but that would be a consortium of one underdog pushing for them.
- Pelam 1y ago
  Ie. a political problem as the grandparent said. Corporations generally follow a narrow somewhat predictable pattern towards some local maxima of their own value extraction. Since world is not zero sum, it produces value for others too. Where politics (should) enter the picture is where we somehow can see a more global maxima (for all citizens) and try to drive towards it through some political, hopefully democratic means. (Laws, standards, education, investment, infra etc)
- CamperBob2 1y ago
  Yeah, that must be it. It's a conspiracy.
  - StanislavPetrov 1y ago
    This is all happening right out in the open.
ulfw 1y ago
Why would politicians want to: - destroy voting population's jobs - put power in the hand of 1-2 tech companies - clog streets with more cars rather than build trams, trains, maglevs, you name it
- StanislavPetrov 1y ago
  Because the primary goal of the vast majority of politicians is to collect life-changing, generational wealth by any means necessary.

lightbritefight 1y ago

Self-driving car companies dont want a unfiied signalling platform or other "open for all" infrastructure updates. They want to own self-driving, to lock you into a subscription on their platform. Literally the only open source self driving platform, from trillion to billion to million dollar companies is comma.ai, founded by Geohot. Thats it. Its actually very good, and I bet they would welcome these upgrades, but that would be a consortium of one underdog pushing for them.

Pelam 1y ago
Ie. a political problem as the grandparent said. Corporations generally follow a narrow somewhat predictable pattern towards some local maxima of their own value extraction. Since world is not zero sum, it produces value for others too. Where politics (should) enter the picture is where we somehow can see a more global maxima (for all citizens) and try to drive towards it through some political, hopefully democratic means. (Laws, standards, education, investment, infra etc)
CamperBob2 1y ago
Yeah, that must be it. It's a conspiracy.
- StanislavPetrov 1y ago
  This is all happening right out in the open.

ulfw 1y ago

Why would politicians want to: - destroy voting population's jobs - put power in the hand of 1-2 tech companies - clog streets with more cars rather than build trams, trains, maglevs, you name it

StanislavPetrov 1y ago
Because the primary goal of the vast majority of politicians is to collect life-changing, generational wealth by any means necessary.