This thread has really gone off the rails (hah) into straw man and conspiracy territory. People have raised valid concerns about surveillance, control, computer failure, etc.
I get that AI might not be the best solution. I agree that there's potential for abuse. So I'm not going to defend AI driving here.
But keep a few things in perspective.
(1) Urban areas in the US, where most of the job opportunities are, have shown their inability to handle population growth. This is due to poor planning.
Autonomous cars are offered as a solution to the problem. They are hardly the best.
IMO the proper solution is to transition toward more high-density developments along existing rail transit lines. But there is no political will to do that.
(2) Road traffic causes so many fatalities and injuries. Let's take a look at Singapore (subway-oriented) vs Arizona (car-oriented).
Population: 5.6 million vs 6.9 million (4.6 in Phoenix metro)
Number of traffic deaths: 197 (2013) vs 962 (2016)
In Arizona, there were 196 pedestrian deaths alone, almost as many as the total road deaths in Singapore. So many people have died in Arizona because the state's major city is completely car-oriented. People have no choice but to drive.
Hell, there were
10 pedestrian deaths in Arizona in a week shortly before this incident. Where's the outrage over that?
Let me say this again if it's not clear:
The real root cause behind road traffic deaths is the orientation of our transportation system in favor of road transit.
Quote: (03-20-2018 11:14 AM)Mage Wrote:
Dude do you realize how domesticated you are to write this - you just assume everyone will be living in a city, like proper pet for corporate masters.
As both a car owner and a gun owner, I am hardly the domesticated city dweller that you have in mind. I don't like a lot of things about my current city; in fact I hate those things. But the city is where it's at for access to job opportunities and women.
I used to live in the suburbs. I experienced firsthand how dehumanizing the commute was, especially after taking subways in Europe and Asia and realizing that it didn't have to be that way. I felt a lot more like a corporate pet back then, compared to being able to take the subway to work today.
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Human driven cars will not disappear until the last person will be forced to abandon his countryside home and move to a big city and I hope it won't happen for a long long time.
You can't use your phone to call a public car in due time if you are not in a city.
You cannot make AI to find the best parking spot in a non - artificial environment. Without a straight sidewalk border your car will have no clue how to park best in a forest or in an open field or at lake shore, because it will have no clue what you as a human being want to do in this place. How do you unload a boat in water with a public automatic car?
You cannot make AI to select the best path if there is no path and no road or if all there is is some small dirt road not even on a map.
All the autonomous car enthusiasts assume a city life by default and an off-road situation is not even crossing their minds. They are all living in a matrix.
Nobody is trying to force autonomous cars into rural places. I don't have a problem with dense cities or rural places. It's the low-density, high-sprawl, high-traffic cities/suburbs like Los Angeles that I can't stand.
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Also - you want all people to drive a metro - full if "vibrants" and junkie syringes and spray writings. You want to make all cars rentable and public for them to turn into same type of shitty places? No thanks I prefer my own car, where I alone control the dirt and comfort level. I try to avoid public transportation as much as I can even while living in a big city, because I believe in walls. My car is my Castle!
Chill out. I am very well aware of these types. They are the result of left-wing policies and lax policing, but don't blame public transportation for it. You won't see much of that in Japan or Singapore.
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Every person who is pro gun should also be pro owning his own personal means of transportation and should defend these rights with the same passion.
The freedom to move freely, securely and privately outside other people's private property is on the same level as freedom to defend yourself and speak freely. It's just has never been significantly challenged so we have never thought about it that way.
Modern American car culture is a mid 20th century invention, where the costs are hidden from you -- taxes to pay for roads, laws that mandate parking spaces, etc. You don't get those things for free; of course it's different if you're living in a rural area with private roads (and more power to you if you do). Don't conflate it with freedom and the Second Amendment.
BTW the Swiss take their guns onto public transit.
http://archive.is/6G4fY