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How quickly do you think this technology will advance?
Overall, are you in favour of it?
What advantages and disadvantages do you foresee?

On balance, I think I'm in favour, partly for selfish reasons. I'll be 50 soon, so I hopefully have 25-30 years of driving left in me. I wonder if the tech and legislation will have advanced enough by then for me to buy a car (or transport pod as they might be called by then :)) that I can get in and say 'take me to 18 The Avenue, Townsville' and then sit back and leave the vehicle to do the rest. Meaning I could still be shuttled around door to door when my days of driving might be behind me.

Wishful thinking perhaps as 25-30 years isn't that far away, but you never know!
 
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diy_fun_uk said:
How quickly do you think this technology will advance?
Overall, are you in favour of it?
What advantages and disadvantages do you foresee?

On balance, I think I'm in favour, partly for selfish reasons. I'll be 50 soon, so I hopefully have 25-30 years of driving left in me. I wonder if the tech and legislation will have advanced enough by then for me to buy a car (or transport pod as they might be called by then :)) that I can get in and say 'take me to 18 The Avenue, Townsville' and then sit back and leave the vehicle to do the rest. Meaning I could still be shuttled around door to door when my days of driving might be behind me.

Wishful thinking perhaps as 25-30 years isn't that far away, but you never know!
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I suspect the road and intelligence infrastructure will need some re-designing to accommodate such fully automated personal transport.
 
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AngleEyes said:
I suspect the road and intelligence infrastructure will need some re-designing to accommodate such fully automated personal transport.
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Yeah I reckon that will be one of the biggest challenges. I think even at present with cars that can read road speed signs, there are issues with misreading etc. I reckon it will come (full automation) however maybe not in my lifetime :(
 
Our new car has a number of these features already, it’s quite fascinating (when your a passenger) to watch the screen and see the car recognise signs, traffic lights, other cars and even wheelie bins!

The technology is moving rapidly.

I think the key challenge is the crossover period, when there are both human and automated drivers sharing the roads.
 
kingandy2nd said:
Our new car has a number of these features already, it’s quite fascinating (when your a passenger) to watch the screen and see the car recognise signs, traffic lights, other cars and even wheelie bins!

The technology is moving rapidly.

I think the key challenge is the crossover period, when there are both human and automated drivers sharing the roads.
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Will the horns on some models be automated?
 
I strongly believe that there are insurmountable obstacles in the path to create what we 'perceive' as a truly 'self driving vehicle'.

They can throw however many $billions at it & they will never get that final few percentages that makes AI take over the function of safely driving a vehicle on the highway.

I also strongly believe that the introduction of self driving vehicles is imminent & their attitude to the safety aspect will show in the legislation they must pass to offset the current legal implications surrounding this 'safety' element.

I don't think that personal ownership will come into play, I think the days of the 2+ car household are over & personal ownership of our own vehicle/s will become a rarity reserved for only the very wealthy/priviledged. It might be wise to get used to the idea of summoning your personal transport with an app on your phone.
 
Dork Lard Pure Blood said:
They can throw however many $billions at it & they will never get that final few percentages that makes AI take over the function of safely driving a vehicle on the highway.
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After a hundred years, and billions of dollars, we have not managed to stop humans crashing their cars.

When the point is reached that AI is safer than humans....
 
personally I believe that vehicles operating independently of each other will present a high risk of accidents. May be not as high as when the vehicle is driven a human and that human makes a mistake

If the vehicles are controlled by a central controlling system then I believe the risk of accident will be lower, maybe low enough to be acceptable.

 
kingandy2nd said:
No idea
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Perhaps there will be no need for indicators nor horns, an AI equipped vehicle will transmit its intention (or annoyance) to the other vehicles via AI telepathy*?

(*Commonly referred to by that archaic name as Bluetooth)
 
Can't come soon enough.

Will end car ownership overnight and be a massive environmental positive
 
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