SELF-DRIVING CARS: THE HYPE VERSUS REALITY

[PatW]

Well after seeing in the press and on TV here in the UK about the Tesla that crashed and burned on autopilot with two guys supposedly in the back seats at the beginning of their journey, found in the front when it crashed into a tree on a tight bend. I'll hand my licence back if the government here allow these non-driver cars on our roads.   

[BlackSheep214]

Self driving cars = no control as a driver. No thank you. I don't need anybody controlling me - let alone a self driving car.  

[Brian Austin]

You won't have to worry about it for a long time.

 

Ironically, by the time they are integrated into society, some of us may be gone, while others may be elderly enough to need something to get around without the need of a license.  So a self-driving car may be just the thing for seniors.  :-)

[Muncie]

27 minutes ago, Brian Austin said:

 

 

Ironically, by the time they are integrated into society, some of us may be gone, while others may be elderly enough to need something to get around without the need of a license.  So a self-driving car may be just the thing for seniors.  ?

that's my plan.   bonus -  it can drive at night when I'm asleep!   24 hour trip, I can sleep eight of it - see the country for the rest of it

Edited May 18, 2021 by Muncie

[Ace-Garageguy]

7 hours ago, Richard Bartrop said:

 

...Are we becoming too dependent on technology?  If we are, that happened about the time people discovered spears are better than teeth for bringing down a mastodon.  Being dependent on technology is kind of H. Sapiens' thing, and for the most part, it served us well...

 

Technology in this sense means a substitute for physical involvement with reality.

A spear is a TOOL that enhances a man's ability. So is a wrench, or a hammer, or an airplane. But today's "technology" is all about removing a man's ability from the equation, and encouraging little human-shaped jellies to muddle through life with the absolute minimum effort.

If you were in a position where you had to hire hard-tech personnel (mechanic, machinist, welder, fabricator...floor sweeper...), you'd soon find out that if something can't be done with an app, there's almost nobody willing to even try to do it.

The companies that'll be bringing autonomous vehicles to a future near you damm well better develop robots to fix 'em too, 'cause if things continue the way they're going now, there aren't going to be any humans who CAN.

EDIT: Many younger folks don't see the need for learning history, general science, etc., because they believe anything they need to know is available from Google instantly. Unfortunately, this mindset usually makes them so devoid of general knowledge that they don't realize the first answer Google vomits up is very often WRONG, but has been mindlessly rebleated so many times by the like-minded willfully-ignorant it's been accepted as fact.

 

Edited May 18, 2021 by Ace-Garageguy

[webestang]

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/tesla-autopilot-mode-crashes-parked-police-car/story?id=77753735&cid=clicksource_4380645_1_heads_hero_live_headlines_hed

[peteski]

While I'm not a fan of self-driving cars, I also have to remind folks here that Tesla's auto-pilot feature has nowhere near the number of sensors or artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities of a true self-driving autonomous vehicles. The owners try to use if for more that its capabilities, often with disastrous results.  So the blame here is mostly on the humans misusing the technology.

Edited May 18, 2021 by peteski

[niteowl7710]

https://www.businessinsider.com/watch-self-driving-taxi-go-rogue-blocking-traffic-escaping-capture-2021-5