>It's unclear how the Pentagon plans to harness the technology used in >the race for military applications. But Thrun said he wanted to design >automated systems to make next-generation cars safer for everyone, not >just the military. This is frightening, despite having been common in science-fiction for decades. no driver control? Well, that would take the car out of the hands of incompetents... and into the hands og computers. So what happens when the computer(s) crash (and they WILL)? Thousands of cars running along the LA freeways, almost bumper-to-bumper at 100kmh... and suddenly the guidance disappears. Oh SHIT here we go............ On top of that, if there is no manual override for side roads (you wanna go up a 4WD track? Sorry buddy, no private vehicles can leave the controlled roads), sorry, vehicle access is restricted to guided routes only. -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut HUMANITY: THE ULTIMATE VON NEUMANN MACHINE DEMOCRACY: RULE BY THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR |
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