Self Driving Cars

[Daniel]

How do you feel about all this development of self driving cars? Does it make you a bit uneasy?

I know for myself personally, the idea of not even having a steering wheel in a vehicle is a bit intimidating because then I am putting my full trust in the cars computer system.

I know there are some cars out there that have more of an autopilot or assist feature as opposed to a fully self driven car but all of it is mind blowing to me.

 

[Demon_skeith]

I like the idea of the car driving itself should you be unable to, but I don't believe it should be the sole way a car moves. It should be a back up feature and nothing else.

 

[Seraph]

I wouldn't trust it and I would completely reject the technology. I like driving.

 

[Daniel]

I like the idea of the car driving itself should you be unable to, but I don't believe it should be the sole way a car moves. It should be a back up feature and nothing else.

See...I guess I would be okay with this but I agree with you on letting the car drive 100% of the time. :dance:

 

[ChattyLad]

If I were behind the wheel of one I'd probably panic. Supposing it crashes? I'd prefer manual for now.

 

[Thomasss]

I think it's fantastic, though given the nature of humans and the fact that we already rely on the internet for everything, I can already see people relying on self driving cars too much and not knowing how to drive in case something does happen.

I think self driving cars will cause less accidents, will free up congested parts of the freeways that the U.S is pretty known for, and overall offer a better experience, but then you get hackers and glitches and people will just be relying too much on it and won't know how to actually drive when the time comes.

 

[Seraph]

I pretty much feel like the entire thing with AI and self technology is going go down like this...

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1UxZJ9owXY[/video]

 

[Demon_skeith]

We are heading towards an irobot future, hopefully not with the same results.

 

[Selena]

Hm, this reminds me of Muse's new album Drones, which basically addresses the horrors of dying by the remote control, another way of just saying death by drones.

I think the new game Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 illustrates this very accurately too with one of the events in their campaign mode as depicted in the video below (time is 0:05 to 0:35, its brutal and shows spoilers in the game):

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlHJMgmLua4[/video]​

 

[Daniel]

AI will be fine so long as the proper precautions are put into place and multiple fail safes. I mean Google has enough info on all of us that they could probably make an AI of us based on all the information on the Internet.

I'm sorry I have no idea where I just went with this post.

 

[Selena]

AI will be fine so long as the proper precautions are put into place and multiple fail safes. I mean Google has enough info on all of us that they could probably make an AI of us based on all the information on the Internet.

I'm sorry I have no idea where I just went with this post.

Artificial Intelligence isn't just about preventing the drones from developing a self-conscious and a need for a revolution... 

It's about not letting this intelligent tech get into the wrong hands.  A car that can easily navigate around a city by itself can also be instructed to go into some place carrying a bomb.   :car:

Drones don't feel our pain, and they certainly don't care.