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Given these are the kind of obstacles a Google driverless car has to navigate around, machines may be at the point they can match humans here. Of course this is
by JulianMorrison 13y ago
Given these are the kind of obstacles a Google driverless car has to navigate around, machines may be at the point they can match humans here. Of course this is a much more fancy, expensive level of automation than the "docklands light railway" type.
- cstross 13y agoIf a driverless car goes wrong, it's very unlikely to kill more than a double-handful of people. A 5000-ton freight train capable of barreling along at 100km/h while carrying 50 tanks of propane or anhydrous ammonia or similar is an entirely different risk case ...
- harrytuttle 13y agoIndeed. In the UK, nuclear waste is transported by train as well.