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To: TheNext; Poison Pill

“Driver-less tech is 200 years in the future. You may wish to begin reading about science.”

Try 10 years.

Today, there are ports where shipping containers are unloaded and sorted with zero human intervention. It’s 100% automated.

Robotics, AI, and similar technologies are getting pretty close to, and in some cases have exceeded, many sci-fi predictions.

The biggest obstacle to self-driving cars being on the road immediately is not even road conditions. It is human drivers.

This is NOT even a technological challenge. That part is 98% solved, door-to-door. It is a regulatory challenge to accommodate human drivers.

As Elon Musk said, eventually, human drivers will be illegal.

Where do you see horse-drawn carriages on the roads today?


35 posted on 01/02/2017 2:28:06 PM PST by unlearner (11/8/2016 - a new beginning.)
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To: unlearner

Nope; Musk is wrong.


37 posted on 01/02/2017 2:32:26 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: unlearner

Nonsense.

Robotic driverless cars AVERAGE 84 Accidents. If my record were ONLY 80 accidents, could I get hired??

The Govt lets makers HIDE their accident record because they make snooping cars.

I cannot hide my record. I am accountable. LOL


50 posted on 01/02/2017 10:59:13 PM PST by TheNext (Hillary LOST the POPULAR VOTE by 7 mil.)
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