Thank you for the chuckle.
So tell the innovators their help is not welcome. Come back and let us how that went.
Sadly, like so many, she stood so close to the road. Can't tell you how many times you can see a Mom with a baby carriage on the wheelchair ramp to the road, only inches from the pavement, oblivious to reality.
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Drunken drivers are likely to override the car when they think it's not doing what they want, because they're too drunk to use a touchpad... Uber has a "home" button, and even that is too hard for drunks at times.
Around here they have been known to put up old broken bicycles turned into signs to inform and mark where bicyclist injuries and deaths have occured. So for some strange reason I prefer the bicycle only paths.
As to the snow covered road, it was six inches and blowing across the road. The curbs were not visible.
As to the 737 software, they saved money by outsourcing it! After all experience is not an accounting concern.
As to the snow covered road, it was six inches and blowing across the road. The curbs were not visible.
As to the 737 software, they saved money by outsourcing it! After all experience is not an accounting concern.
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So you think a human would always take the right decision? How about all those people swerving into a tree and killing themselves to save a crossing deer?
The reality is that American cars kill every year about 3x as many people as solders were killed in an average year in the Vietnam war. I haven't seen protesters in Washington yet to protest the 'senseless' killings by cars.
Another reality is that it is very likely (but not proven yet) that the number of car deaths will drastically fall with autonomous driving.
AD cars are not distracted by kids on the back seats, do not light cigarettes while driving, don't text or phone in traffic and don't get aggressive when someone is thought to cut them off.
I'm in favor. The sooner the better.
Jan
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Australian slang for the exit end of alimentary tract.
Urban dictionary is not necessarily your friend, but it does proved answers to questions that can either keep you out of trouble, or get you into it, depending on your proclivity.
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Reading this, I probably wouldn't be ready to trust you as my driver in a long tunnel
Jan
How fast was the car going, was it slipping any?
Now if you said bicycle highway I'd be down. Pedestrians aren't allowed on them. They exist in some areas. But you're still going to have to get off of it and go on some streets to get to the final destination typically. Sadly there's rarely an opportunity for a very direct route for any non-car road. I wouldn't mind them if that was the case but if you're not leisure riding then you can be "put on the path" like some car drivers want as you have places to go just like them.
Of course it would be the truck drivers fault. But have the programmers coded a random number generator (virtual dice) for the AI car to decide who dies? Or is the manufacturer obligated to protect the owner above all others?
All vehicles would have to be driverless to make this a reality. I think we are a long way from that.
A couple of years ago Volvo brought a driverless car to Adelaide to show off the advanced animal avoidance technology:
YouTube
The obvious solution to the trolley problem is to always place the owner in harms way in preference to any non-vehicular subject. I think this would be a no-brainer, the zealous early adopters should have no problem with this.
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The question isn't whether or not humans are more prone to mistakes than machines (obviously they are), but on who gets to decide the outcome.
We should ban American cars then!
(/Joke)
I suspect the overall tally will reduce dramatically but there will be some percentage of injuries / fatalities directly attributed to the AI cars. The key will be for those pushing the technology to maintain positive public opinion and not allow the negative media frenzy that is bound to ensue.
I found this series interesting regarding the design of Tesla's AI: YouTube
There were issues when both ABS brake optioned cars and more traditional types were sharing the roads, I can imagine similar situations with a mix of robot and human driven cars.
I really cannot imagine these vehicles in the snow, but much of what I see with existing cars/drivers shows that there likely would not be much of a negative effect on mobility during snowy weather anyways.
I drive to work at 4:00 AM, and a benefit is much reduced traffic, can basically drive however I wish.
I really cannot imagine these vehicles in the snow, but much of what I see with existing cars/drivers shows that there likely would not be much of a negative effect on mobility during snowy weather anyways.
I drive to work at 4:00 AM, and a benefit is much reduced traffic, can basically drive however I wish.
Yeah, hacking is a real possibility and it's happened already; google "hacked jeep".
I'd imagine autonomous vehicles would be a high value target to those entertained by such undertakings.
I know the 5G people and big-data-pile people were hoping to really cash in on this, but if I ran the world, the only time this machine would be connectable would be when its at the dealership. You want autonomous, make it fully autonomous then for real time safety against anyone with evil intentions - and a computer. Imagining someone on a hilltop overlooking a busy intersection "hold my beer - watch this -"
I'd imagine autonomous vehicles would be a high value target to those entertained by such undertakings.
I know the 5G people and big-data-pile people were hoping to really cash in on this, but if I ran the world, the only time this machine would be connectable would be when its at the dealership. You want autonomous, make it fully autonomous then for real time safety against anyone with evil intentions - and a computer. Imagining someone on a hilltop overlooking a busy intersection "hold my beer - watch this -"
I’m using:
comma.ai – Introducing openpilot
For my 2016 Honda Civic. Works like a charm for highway driving.
comma.ai – Introducing openpilot
For my 2016 Honda Civic. Works like a charm for highway driving.
Autonomous vehicles will never have any part of their code outsourced? C'mon
And now imagine, that there are also motorbikes and scooters. Have you ever seen the traffic in Italy or Turkey? Not talking about some Asian countries.
And unless human driven cars are banned, there will be always problematic drivers.
And now imagine, that there are also motorbikes and scooters. Have you ever seen the traffic in Italy or Turkey? Not talking about some Asian countries.
And unless human driven cars are banned, there will be always problematic drivers.
Yeah?
And what about the 7 million that die each year because of air pollution?
Where's that air pollution coming from?
WHO | 7 million premature deaths annually linked to air pollution
• Chart: Deaths From Air Pollution Worldwide | Statista
Reading this, I probably wouldn't be ready to trust you as my driver in a long tunnel
I meant it would be one car less on the road, but you probably got that.
I really think I am much more safe driver because I pay attention to the other traffic, if there's someone close behind me (rarely happens, but it does), I let him/her pass. Old people or learning driver in front of me, I let them breathe. I really like driving behind a semi unless it's a high speed road, because they follow the terrain in a good way and you're certain not to get any speeding tickets.
Was pretty fun here a couple weeks ago, I caught up with a police car. I followed the actual speed limit, and just very gently pushing closer to the police car. In the 80km/h zones I caught up with them, and the 60km/h zones in between they kept driving the same speed while I slowed down to actual 60km/h. No cruise control on that car so I'm going mostly by rpm sound and the occasional glance at the GPS.
Could tell they where pretty annoyed, nothing they could do.
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