[blueplum]

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride!

[DesertRhino]

The ghetto model in “ flee from the cops” mode? Or maybe stimulating a female Asian driver.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

Nobody in the driver’s seat?

[dragnet2]

We’re all guinea pigs for this bull s**t

The guy in the vehicle is a complete moron, having no clue he could be killed at any moment.

[mylife]

Alexa, you drive like ass...

[noiseman]

The notion that AI will soon become so sophisticated that it can actually think and reason like humans is a lie born out of denial of the true source of human consciousness. Contrary to the beliefs of materialistic science, human consciousness is not simply a product of the brain. The belief is that the brain is just a very sophisticated computer, and the sum total of the human mind exists only in the brain, therefore once we can build sufficiently powerful computers AI will equal and then surpass human capabilities.

Hogwash. First, the “mind” and consciousness are products of the combination of the physical brain and the soul. I would say that the soul is the source of consciousness and thought, and the brain is the interface between the soul and the physical world. Refusal to consider the spiritual element of “mind” is why no matter how sophisticated computers get, they will never approach the reasoning capability of humans, will certainly never come anywhere near achieving “consciousness”, and will always be subject to making unexpectedly dumb mistakes.

Computers will continue to get much better at performing rote tasks, and will improve in appearing to mimic human behavior, but underneath it all they will never be anything more than dumb machines, carrying out programs that humans have inserted into them. Think far more Siri rather than HAL9000.

[Fresh Wind]

I didn’t see any difficult situations that any human wouldn’t be able to manage, but the car couldn’t deal with it. Those self drivers seem to work ok under perfect conditions (good weather, excellent roads, light traffic). You can see what happens when minor issues arise (traffic cones). What happens under more trying circumstances? What if this was at the peak of rush hour?

Accidents? Unnecessary traffic jams? Road rage incidents?

And as an aside, why is this guy wearing a mask, alone in a driverless car?

[Prole]

No kidding!

Regarding these Skynet cars....

A fool and his life are soon parted.

[VTenigma]

When they make trains run autonomously I’ll talk about cars.

[Bernard]

This story sounds like the opening scene for a remake of the original "Terminator".

And a voice over follows - "Then the machines got smarter"

[Delta 21]

A mask wearing fag alone in a driverless car. One of the many situations you will NEVER find me in.

[rockrr]

Not ready for primetime.

[Pollard]

They need a big red panic button in the back so a passenger can just shut it down.

[oldtech]

Car was described as a “Waymo” self driving taxi. “Wayless” might be a better description.

[Vaduz]

Car must have had a chip made in China.