Autonomous Cars

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Autonomous Cars

Post by Royal » Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:38 pm

(Wired) -- The timeline for autonomous cars hitting the road en masse keeps getting closer. GM's Cadillac division expects to produce partially autonomous cars at a large scale by 2015, and the automaker also predicts it will have fully autonomous cars available by the end of the decade. Audi and BMW have also shown self-driving car concepts, with the former working with Stanford to pilot a modified TT up Pikes Peak. Meanwhile, Google is ripping along at its own rapid pace with a fleet of fully autonomous Toyota Prius hybrids that have logged over 300,000 miles. And the company has pushed through legislation that legalizes self-driving cars in Nevada. California is close behind, and Google has also been busy lobbying joyriding lawmakers in Washington, D.C.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/18/tech/inno ... index.html
Because we all know how great autonomy works... and how secure systems are...

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Re: Autonomous Cars

Post by Pigeon » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:30 pm

No one see this going wrong - not surprised. Nothing like unattended cars flying around at 70MPH.

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Re: Autonomous Cars

Post by Royal » Wed Sep 19, 2012 10:48 pm

My last job had a lot to do with cleaning up a flawed autonomous system.

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Re: Autonomous Cars

Post by Pigeon » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:07 am

A database with many system records of 'They hate computers' in it?

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Re: Autonomous Cars

Post by Royal » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:34 am

lol. I'm not quite 100% of what you mean...

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Re: Autonomous Cars

Post by Pigeon » Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:30 am

The system just did it's own thing and started logging it's thoughts.

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Re: Autonomous Cars

Post by Royal » Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:38 am

Hey! A.I. hating itself- That's a concept!

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Re: Autonomous Cars

Post by Pigeon » Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:48 am

Wouldn't AI start to see the work grind and end up with the blahs just like people.

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Re: Autonomous Cars

Post by Pigeon » Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:49 am

Google - "Drive the borg"

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Re: Autonomous Cars

Post by Pigeon » Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:50 am

So, will the police be able press a button and your car pulls over or drives to the police station?

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