It will be fine
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Well we know robots can fly to Mars by themselves. There’s even a robot helicopter flying around there right now.
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Star B
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Robots that fly to mars that miss their target by 3 feet don't get sued by Dewey Cheetem and Howe.
Additionally -- look at the millions spent on redundancy on those items. We wont see it down on Earth for a long, long time.
I'd start being worried when freight trains go conductorless with remote live feeds of the track in front of them and/or computer-vision AI making safety decisions. Until then...... I think we'll be safe.
Space, and the sky for that matter.. can’t possibly compare to driving a semi through Los Angeles haha.
Start worrying when they begin interstate construction to accommodate self driving trucks. Even then you’ll have 60 years before constructions complete lol.
MAKAVELI
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Seen it. Like I said. Perfectly sunny day. On perfectly flat road. Backing into a spot with nothing near it. Not even close to real life. Throw a coyote or deer out in front of it. Let’s see it go to work then. Cute display of nothing. Put an inch of snow on the road that covers the lines and it’s not gonna move.
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Or let's put this away how many years have we been thinking about flying cars and drones delivering stuff.
There's a bunch of the United States where that would make sense but even then there are thousands of miles of railroad that has less obstacles than self-driving trucks.
Or let's put this away how many years have we been thinking about flying cars and drones delivering stuff.
MAKAVELI
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The technology is there. It's only a matter of time.
The technology for perfect conditions is there. And even then, a driver has to be present. Truck drivers in the year 2150 can worry.
MAKAVELI
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I don't think truck drivers will have to worry but they will need to adjust to the technology and loss of jobs in the future.
loss of jobs haha... the industry is begging for drivers.
dezguy
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Which will only accelerate research to allow automation of the job.
That's a major driver behind this, no pun intended.
MAKAVELI
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Only a matter of time.
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This Year, Autonomous Trucks Will Take to the Road With No One on Board
The startup TuSimple is deploying tractor-trailers that drive themselves from pickup to delivery
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silenze
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"trucks will be able to operate without a human driver under limited conditions that may include time of day, weather, or premapped routes"Only a matter of time.
This Year, Autonomous Trucks Will Take to the Road With No One on Board
The startup TuSimple is deploying tractor-trailers that drive themselves from pickup to delivery
MAKAVELI
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And that's probably all the law will allow at this time. The fact is so much is being invested into this technology it's going to come up faster than people realize.
Im driving the newest sprinter at fedex, When in cruise control, it takes about 5 snow flakes to disable all the sensors and ur back to manual control. this tech is still way out there. I like some of the sensor controls when they work but any adverse conditions shut them off in a heart beat.
MAKAVELI
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The Sprinters technology is nowhere near the technology of self driving cars and trucks.
