Do you think you could do that? Would you trust the computer driven car enough to fall asleep?

 

Probably more than I would trust my wife to drive when I am asleep. She an ok driver unless she has to park but she is terrible with directions. Even a GPS won't help. I'd wake up and we would be 200 miles the wrong direction.

Do you think you could do that? Would you trust the computer driven car enough to fall asleep?

 

Eventually sure. Eventually the statistical data/evidence will make it borderline psychotic for anyone to drive themselves vs. letting the computer do it. It will be something crazy like you are 738% more likely to be seriously injured or killed in an automobile accident driving a car yourself vs. letting the computer drive your car.

Not likely, IMO. For one, everybody won't be able to afford one of these. And two, that kind of technology on a grand scale is still decades away.

 

At least.

 

Using our (meaning all three of us) 2016 Brains decades away sounds plausible. However, like I mentioned above, once we have true Artificial Intelligence all current tech timelines will be reduced by significant margins.

Using our (meaning all three of us) 2016 Brains decades away sounds plausible. However, like I mentioned above, once we have true Artificial Intelligence all current tech timelines will be reduced by significant margins.

 

I could see that being the case, but could it be affordable that fast?

I could see that being the case, but could it be affordable that fast?

 

Of course, the more tech advances the cheaper much of it will become.

 

Think how much computers cost 20 years ago vs. today. They have come way down in price and increased at an unbelievable rate in processing power.

 

Also, since you won't need drivers any longer an Uber of the future will be ultra affordable meaning a lot of people won't even need to buy/own their own car.

I wonder how the car is programmed to operate in adverse weather conditions.

The car had obvious issues.

 

I wonder how the car is programmed to operate in adverse weather conditions.

 

The computer knows exactly how much the coefficient of friction decreases given any adverse weather conditions so immediately it would account for that change. Additionally, assuming there are human drivers on the road too, the computer would have to dial it back even more.

 

Or put another way LRCW, the computer is as much an expert in the snow as it is an expert on dry pavement.

The computer knows exactly how much the coefficient of friction decreases given any adverse weather conditions so immediately it would account for that change. Additionally, assuming their are human drivers on the road too, the computer would have to dial it back even more.

 

Or put another way LRCW, the computer is as much an expert in the snow as it is an expert on dry pavement.

 

Sounds like you've read up quite a bit on the subject. I was thinking more along the lines of a torrential downpour where human drivers can barely see the road in front of them. I would assume the car sensors would have a similar problem seeing the road ahead. Are they programmed to pull of to the side of the road in such conditions? I'm definitely intrigued by the future of computer driven cars.

Sounds like you've read up quite a bit on the subject. I was thinking more along the lines of a torrential downpour where human drivers can barely see the road in front of them. I would assume the car sensors would have a similar problem seeing the road ahead. Are they programmed to pull of to the side of the road in such conditions? I'm definitely intrigued by the future of computer driven cars.

 

I haven't read much at all about the subject, I am merely attempting to think logically.

 

On the downpour I assume each vehicle will be a part of a larger network so visibility probably isn't much of an issue for a computer.

 

Whatever it is in this case, I would have to think safety is paramount.