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Originally Posted by Adam_L
Take it a step further, and in 10-15 years, at least half the cars will be autos and the remaining will be autonomous self driving (auto) cars. Everyone who buys into this mode of transport will ultimately be going back to suckling from their mama's TT (.)(.) as adults who think they've "made it" in life. Word to the wise, power to the people, and word to yo Motha!!!
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I remember watching that old Will Smith movie iRobot (if I recall correctly) and there is a scene where he puts his car into manual mode and then has cops chasing him because it’s illegal to drive your own car. This was an eye opener for me. When this movie came out I didn’t expect autonomous cars for another 40years but knew deep down that when they arrived it would be illegal to drive myself anymore. I know they seem right around the corner but I firmly believe they will emerge, cause several fatalities (although statistically safer) and then politicians will (irrationally) kill them off. So hopefully my right to drive stays for at least another 50 years.
Here’s a funny story from a few weeks ago. A few of us from work went to lunch together in my coworkers Tesla S and someone asked him if he could demonstrate autopilot for us. He was very reluctant to demonstrate but did. It drove for about a 1/4 mile before violently swerving towards a curb because the painted centerline went away. Like most Tesla drivers they are obsessed with Tesla and think they do no wrong so I think his reluctance to demonstrate was to save his lord and savior Elon from embarrassment. As a software dev I have a hard time trusting a human to drive a car let alone a human programmed computer to drive a car.