The last few years have solidified a clear dividing line for me between those that think they are God and those who know we are not. There isn't much that doesn't come down to that fundamental difference.
Tucker has mentioned this several times lately and I think it's clear he is more awake than ever.
My WAG is they were probably returning to homebase for maintenance or recharging. Maybe there was a fault in the code and the default is to head back for a firmware upgrade.
What concerns me is that you have a grade A, all-star, Chief Number One threat to public safety right there. Imagine a firetruck having to plow through those congested streets to try and get to a burning house before it becomes a burning block of houses. Or an ambulance with a stroke patient racing the clock to get to a hospital.
This just made me think of something really bad. These aren't going to be targeted to be used in the country or the suburbs - they are destined for the big cities. The fact that these cars are stuck makes sense because they have to be programmed to not move if something is in their way and in danger of being hit.
So what would happen if, for example, these were made into taxis in DC, and while one is stopped at a red light 2 people come up to rob the passengers - one stands in front and the other points a gun and forces the rider to open the door? The car won't go anywhere with someone standing in front of it. The passengers are sitting ducks. It is like a lottery for thieves.
They didnt see how the AI in GTA drove? Same thing. Can only do what its told cannot make decisions with variables outside its programming. Once they give it that ability they will start driving on sidewalks and running over people
It's like these people also don't see the deaths that happen due to navigational negligence or malfunction (e.g. Google's navigation killing someone new to North Carolina at night in the rain because it went off a bridge that was gone since 2013 and was not removed despite notifications from local government to do so). It's seriously time to slap some liability on these companies instead of making excuses for them.
I agree with everything you said, but there is also another issue with the NC accident.
That town/city/county (whoever was responsible) had YEARS to put up a barricade but they did not. Even if they parked a broken-down dump truck in front of the bridge people might hit that instead of driving off a road into water. At least it would be above ground and visible - you can't see a missing bridge. If that isn't a good reason to spend some of the roadway money the county receives then someone needs to explain.
But seriously - there are dead ends, cones, road blocks, signs all across the USA. Why didn't this place do their job and block a known hazard? This isn't the first time a car went into the water there..
Oh yes, I agree with that completely. Shared liability for sure, but Google deserves liability for not making changes for a decade that they were notified to make. Surviving family should definitely sue both, but neither should be let off the hook for sure.
If this were one-off, maybe. But it's not the first time navigation has sent people off dead end roads.
In low visibility, we are trained to rely on our navigation so while there is also some personal responsibility, you may also not see it until it's too late. Nothing negates the responsibility of everything else involved.
I saw someone trapped in one once, it was on the side of the road and there was lady screaming for help to people surrounding the vehicle confused as to what was goibg on.
This is why you don't deploy very untested or new technology to mainstream uses for a very, very long time. It needs to significantly mature before there are this many.
I was going to say the same thing. They're practicing for when there is a natural disaster and they're going to use the AI cars to block off people's escape routes.
this is like an old GTA video game scene, where you laugh at how stupid the games AI is.
people can't even get websites to function properly & computer OS' are always messing systems up, so what makes anybody think CARS will work any better?
just wait for self-driving ubers or taxis & people start getting robbed during shit like this.
The future is stupid.
Entirely agree. Yet "they" are claiming its all smart cars/phones and artificial intelligence. I like your adjective much more.
Austin has had driverless cars for decades.
The last few years have solidified a clear dividing line for me between those that think they are God and those who know we are not. There isn't much that doesn't come down to that fundamental difference.
Tucker has mentioned this several times lately and I think it's clear he is more awake than ever.
How did all the self driving cars go to the same place at the same time? Were they hacked?
My WAG is they were probably returning to homebase for maintenance or recharging. Maybe there was a fault in the code and the default is to head back for a firmware upgrade.
What concerns me is that you have a grade A, all-star, Chief Number One threat to public safety right there. Imagine a firetruck having to plow through those congested streets to try and get to a burning house before it becomes a burning block of houses. Or an ambulance with a stroke patient racing the clock to get to a hospital.
Maybe they will blame it on a comet like in the movie Maximum Overdrive.
This just made me think of something really bad. These aren't going to be targeted to be used in the country or the suburbs - they are destined for the big cities. The fact that these cars are stuck makes sense because they have to be programmed to not move if something is in their way and in danger of being hit.
So what would happen if, for example, these were made into taxis in DC, and while one is stopped at a red light 2 people come up to rob the passengers - one stands in front and the other points a gun and forces the rider to open the door? The car won't go anywhere with someone standing in front of it. The passengers are sitting ducks. It is like a lottery for thieves.
This is dumb.
That wouldn't happen in DC. Guns are illegal there.
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They didnt see how the AI in GTA drove? Same thing. Can only do what its told cannot make decisions with variables outside its programming. Once they give it that ability they will start driving on sidewalks and running over people
It's like these people also don't see the deaths that happen due to navigational negligence or malfunction (e.g. Google's navigation killing someone new to North Carolina at night in the rain because it went off a bridge that was gone since 2013 and was not removed despite notifications from local government to do so). It's seriously time to slap some liability on these companies instead of making excuses for them.
I agree with everything you said, but there is also another issue with the NC accident.
That town/city/county (whoever was responsible) had YEARS to put up a barricade but they did not. Even if they parked a broken-down dump truck in front of the bridge people might hit that instead of driving off a road into water. At least it would be above ground and visible - you can't see a missing bridge. If that isn't a good reason to spend some of the roadway money the county receives then someone needs to explain.
But seriously - there are dead ends, cones, road blocks, signs all across the USA. Why didn't this place do their job and block a known hazard? This isn't the first time a car went into the water there..
Oh yes, I agree with that completely. Shared liability for sure, but Google deserves liability for not making changes for a decade that they were notified to make. Surviving family should definitely sue both, but neither should be let off the hook for sure.
If this were one-off, maybe. But it's not the first time navigation has sent people off dead end roads.
In low visibility, we are trained to rely on our navigation so while there is also some personal responsibility, you may also not see it until it's too late. Nothing negates the responsibility of everything else involved.
It was always satisfying riding a motorcycle on the sidewalk and watching the pedestrians dive out of my way into traffic.
I saw someone trapped in one once, it was on the side of the road and there was lady screaming for help to people surrounding the vehicle confused as to what was goibg on.
play stoopid games......
And they want semi trucks? So stupid!
So it's no different than normal vehicles driven by idiots in most major shities...
This is why you don't deploy very untested or new technology to mainstream uses for a very, very long time. It needs to significantly mature before there are this many.
Use fork lifts to carry and dump these pieces of dystopian scrap on the front entrances of govt buildings and senators' homes.
time to bring in the wreckers and have that junk towed away!
Oh but Austin is well on its way to becoming one of the 14 smart cities by 2030.
Functioning as designed.
I was going to say the same thing. They're practicing for when there is a natural disaster and they're going to use the AI cars to block off people's escape routes.
Self-driving cars were supposed to end traffic jams, not cause them.
this is like an old GTA video game scene, where you laugh at how stupid the games AI is.
people can't even get websites to function properly & computer OS' are always messing systems up, so what makes anybody think CARS will work any better?
just wait for self-driving ubers or taxis & people start getting robbed during shit like this.
stupid, stupid, stupid.
Have you seen Dominoes is using self driving cars to deliver pizza? I don't eat dominoes but if I did I'd be done with AI delivery.
I'm flashbacking to early 90s PC video game "AI". The only thing missing is getting one of the NPC cars to hump a block wall