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On May 08 2026 02:25 Razyda wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2026 01:07 Jankisa wrote:
I don't know, to me, the method of my dying would very much be irrelevant since I'd be dead.
Thats one way of looking at it, as for me I would rather be in charge of my fate myself as much as possible. Show nested quote +On May 08 2026 01:07 Jankisa wrote:
I don't know, to me, the method of my dying would very much be irrelevant since I'd be dead.
I'm a big believer in statistics and as a driver with 20+ years of experience very little faith in my fellow human drivers, given how amazing just the "basic" tools that come with fairly budget cars (I drive a Mazda 2) like the adaptive cruise control with lane tracking is, my general inclination is to trust the technology, when the above mentioned network effects kick in, I'm fairly certain I'd have no issue giving up driving.
Of course, I'll never give up my tractor so I'll always have that, ain't no clanker gonna spray my vineyards. Show nested quote +On May 08 2026 01:48 Billyboy wrote:
The rayzda mentality is very common, which is why I think it’s going to be a long time until we get full autonomous cars as the common. It seems like being significantly better than people is not enough. It needs to be perfect.
I look at it a different way. My big concern driving is not me, it’s the others on a road. And I trust computers more than texting, drunk, distracted by kids, dumb, sleepy people.
And how nice would it be to be able to do something other than drive in the car! And the efficiency in cities is going to change traffic so dramatically. Sooner the better, as long as properly tested. Precisely, do you think any autonomous car will be able to account for idiocy which is happening on the roads?
Because the idiots won’t be driving.
Well they still are, the computer will react way faster than we can. It will also be much at estimating how close, fast and so it needs to be, to account for mistakes and various road conditions.
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On May 08 2026 02:25 Razyda wrote:Show nested quote +On May 08 2026 01:07 Jankisa wrote:
I don't know, to me, the method of my dying would very much be irrelevant since I'd be dead.
Thats one way of looking at it, as for me I would rather be in charge of my fate myself as much as possible. Show nested quote +On May 08 2026 01:07 Jankisa wrote:
I don't know, to me, the method of my dying would very much be irrelevant since I'd be dead.
I'm a big believer in statistics and as a driver with 20+ years of experience very little faith in my fellow human drivers, given how amazing just the "basic" tools that come with fairly budget cars (I drive a Mazda 2) like the adaptive cruise control with lane tracking is, my general inclination is to trust the technology, when the above mentioned network effects kick in, I'm fairly certain I'd have no issue giving up driving.
Of course, I'll never give up my tractor so I'll always have that, ain't no clanker gonna spray my vineyards. Show nested quote +On May 08 2026 01:48 Billyboy wrote:
The rayzda mentality is very common, which is why I think it’s going to be a long time until we get full autonomous cars as the common. It seems like being significantly better than people is not enough. It needs to be perfect.
I look at it a different way. My big concern driving is not me, it’s the others on a road. And I trust computers more than texting, drunk, distracted by kids, dumb, sleepy people.
And how nice would it be to be able to do something other than drive in the car! And the efficiency in cities is going to change traffic so dramatically. Sooner the better, as long as properly tested. Precisely, do you think any autonomous car will be able to account for idiocy which is happening on the roads? Which is why for autonomous driving to really take of, manual driving will get banned. Or if not outright banned it will be fake, as in you can chose to 'drive' but only in far as the cars software allows it. The moment the driver makes a mistake, like getting to close to the car in front or braking to aggressively with a car behind you the software takes control away and corrects.
A road full of autonomous cars all connected and talking to each other is probably as safe as driving is going to get.
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