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Originally Posted by MattyC
@ BlackArcher
You were saying to stop using space-age technology as the basis for why this could/will work. I'm saying you are carrying space-age technology around in your pocket.
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That technology we are carrying around was developed from the space tech and the level of design that went into it wasn't that great (due to low risk). Self driving cars will not be tech revised from something else, it is a new tech and currently unproven. Developing it like new tech (such as a space program) is not feasible (due to costs), unless someone has a good amount of money (cough google cough) and are willing to take a good loss on it for a while.
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Originally Posted by MattyC
I don't think anyone's saying it'll happen overnight, but we're not as far off from that capability as someone like yourself makes it seem. My phone can pinpoint a Car2Go within a few feet of where it is. You're telling me that if every car used a similar GPS and were linked with each other that something like this couldn't work? Maybe it starts with as soon as you exit onto a high-speed/high-traffic road, the computer kicks in and evolves from there.
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No, GPS wouldn't work, it's not accurate enough, nor reliable. Each car will have to have a passive/active system that communicates with other cars and detect it's surrounding environment. I do like the idea of having it kick in on freeways. Perhaps temporarily they can do that to get it implemented quicker as side roads and compact streets are where the biggest hurdles will be. Add those features as DLC later
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Originally Posted by MattyC
Someone such as yourself seems to use the complexity of the issue as a reason that it won't or shouldn't happen at all. It's the same issue I have with people in regards to fossil fuel vs alternatives. "It's too expensive/inconvenient to implement on a wide scale, so lets just not."
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No, I'm using the complexity of the issue as a reason to why it won't happen quickly or all at once. I'm not saying it won't happen period.
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Originally Posted by MattyC
I understand people who love driving, I enjoy it myself. I don't think old-fashioned cars will ever go away, but they will end up much more as art pieces than anything else.
As someone who is 25, I can definitely see this type of thing going down in my lifetime.
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Sadly you are right. I just hope it doesn't happen in my lifetime. I expect it to be slowly made available, with only the rich buying it at first, then gradually being made affordable as the rich subsidize further advances to bring the cost down and reliability up. After the tech is developed fully, the last hurdle will be how it's adopted by governments throughout the world.