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Originally Posted by polak
I also don't have my car drive across the continent, empty, so I don't have to rent a car.
For a company that prides itself on it's love of the environment to the point that it's one if it's main marketing tactics, it's kinda messed up.
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If you're traveling somewhere, why would you send your car across the country? You'd sleep and ride in it rather than take a plane, no?
Also, cars are placed on trucks and driven from the manufacturer to you. It's not like there was a zero carbon foot print and suddenly extra energy is used. I'd venture to believe that driving across continent to meet you from manufacturer isn't crazily different than the conventional methods of getting a car to you.
In my opinion, self driving cars have the ability to make us question what a car even is anymore as well as the programming and morality question CHL and Peter discuss. Furthermore, what happens if a program is self learning? What happens if it overrides morality a la I, Robot? Could you create multiple groups of people and protect one group over another (ie: Domestic over tourists or vice versa?)? This debate has more to do than just "make car drive, car no crash and follow rules". It's a hell of an interesting conversation.