thomasmnile wrote:
Personally, I'd take my chances with the autonomous semi vs the absolutely brain dead humanoids on the roads in my neck of the woods, eating, texting, applying makeup, speeding, weaving in/out of traffic, shooting at other vehicles......you get the idea.
You have no idea as to what you are saying.
I have worked with very large robotic equipment the last 22 yrs, it has no feelings, no thought process and if you step into it's path will kill you and not feel a thing, stop or regret killing you. Its programming is only as smart as the ones that wrote the programs and it's sensors are only as good as the one that designed and made them.
My newest vehicle has a "lane keeping camera" which is supposed to let you know if you are going out of lane or about to rearend (auto brake) someone.. It even is supposed to auto dim your headlights with on coming traffic or if you get close to another vehicle.
None of those features work well under normal conditions, so bad that I ended up disabling all features I could (auto braking I could not). Add in a few rain drops, snow or fog and wham, all of the camera systems which are supposed to "keep me safe" are no longer safe to use because they become unstable..
Cameras, radar, Lidar, infrared sensors and AI cannot fully replace the human eyes, ears, mind and yes, feelings.
That's all we really need is 80K lb blind, heartless, unfeeling robots running amuck on the road :S
