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Google probably wants to run a big data center that coordinates and organizes all the world's cars. A reliable centrally coordinated self driving vehicle networ
by omarforgotpwd 12y ago
Google probably wants to run a big data center that coordinates and organizes all the world's cars. A reliable centrally coordinated self driving vehicle network would greatly canabalize air and train travel and cargo, so the winners in this space will control the world's transporation network. Google will probably win, but either way the world economy will benefit massively from the reduction in transportation costs.
- cLeEOGPw 12y agoGoogle may benefit from it, but it's not like it would be irreplaceable. Google would just have the advantage of pioneering a new market. Besides governments in other countries (since I assume US will stay "wild capitalism" for longer than others) can just call an open competition for such controlled network management services and then be semi-controlled by that government. It's not like google or anyone gonna have full actual control over who goes where even when/if such system will exist.