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Sunday, 20 December 2015

Early regulations

They're going to need a man walking in front of them waving a red flag, in case they scare the horses.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35131538

4 comments:

  1. Google criticizes... Yeah, and what happens if there is a software glitch (like that has NOT been known to happen, and the car runs over someone???). Google cars are NOT perfect, no matter what Schmidt wants to think.

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  2. AFAIK the car has never run over anyone and the only problems it's caused are by being over-cautious.

    It doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be better than most humans.

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  3. _ "We've seen in our own testing that drivers can't be trusted to dip in and out of the task of driving when the car is encouraging them to sit back and relax," said Mr Urmson._

    Absolutely. The odds of someone not actively engaged in driving being able to react quickly enough is so remote to make this legislation useless anyway. In a few years this law will already feel archaic.

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  4. +I know I'm not perfect, but think I'm better than most humans_. But, then again, that could be a ego thing, or a programming glitch. lol #sarcasm

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