This whole self driving, fully autonomous thing has become some sort of strange faux-religion.
It's followers see no other possible solution as acceptable.
Instead of putting our heads together to make really good driver assistance technologies and being satisfied, the darn thing needs to also drive itself everywhere otherwise we're leaving something on the table! Untill we have zero deaths, we cannot stop demanding self driving - as if somehow AI is a magical solution that's always better than humans.
Forget better frame, chassis, and body panel design to protect pedestrians! We won't need them if AI never hits anyone.
Forget better braking systems that apply themselves automatically. We don't need that if AI can always avoid the need for sudden stops.
Forget seat belt enhancements since that'll just inhibit nap time in my self driving car.
No, forget it all. My car needs to drive me all by itself, everywhere I need to go, no matter how hard or impossible of a problem that is. Driver assist is boring... Level 5 is sexy, and that's what I want!
It's followers see no other possible solution as acceptable.
Instead of putting our heads together to make really good driver assistance technologies and being satisfied, the darn thing needs to also drive itself everywhere otherwise we're leaving something on the table! Untill we have zero deaths, we cannot stop demanding self driving - as if somehow AI is a magical solution that's always better than humans.
Forget better frame, chassis, and body panel design to protect pedestrians! We won't need them if AI never hits anyone.
Forget better braking systems that apply themselves automatically. We don't need that if AI can always avoid the need for sudden stops.
Forget seat belt enhancements since that'll just inhibit nap time in my self driving car.
No, forget it all. My car needs to drive me all by itself, everywhere I need to go, no matter how hard or impossible of a problem that is. Driver assist is boring... Level 5 is sexy, and that's what I want!