To: unlearner
The technology has been here for years. RCA had a prototype of a self-driving car that they were testing in Princeton, NJ in 1960 (yes, that’s almost 60 years ago!). What has held up the proliferation of these self-driving cars is that the technology isn’t reliable and precise enough to do what everyone thinks it’s supposed to do (drive with no driver at all) ... but it MUST do what everyone thinks it’s supposed to do before it really has any value to anyone. A car that is 99% autonomous is really no better than a car that is 0% autonomous.
57 posted on
06/06/2017 8:21:22 PM PDT by
Alberta's Child
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To: Alberta's Child
63 posted on
06/06/2017 8:32:47 PM PDT by
ETL
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To: Alberta's Child
The technology has been here for years. RCA had a prototype of a self-driving car that they were testing in Princeton, NJ in 1960 (yes, that’s almost 60 years ago!)
68 posted on
06/06/2017 8:43:03 PM PDT by
ETL
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To: Alberta's Child
72 posted on
06/06/2017 8:53:53 PM PDT by
ETL
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To: Alberta's Child
“A car that is 99% autonomous is really no better than a car that is 0% autonomous.”
That’s not entirely true. Teslas are mostly autonomous now. They can speed up and slow down based on traffic conditions. They can change lanes on their own. They can park. They can almost drive themselves. These things are useful. They improve driving safety. They make driving easier, more convenient, and less stressful.
82 posted on
06/06/2017 11:21:22 PM PDT by
unlearner
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