Is a self-driving car really an invention that society needs? We already have a machine that was fundamentally designed for a human operator, there is no entity in the universe more well-suited to the task of driving an automobile than a human being, but n

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Anonymous 29-08-25 23:21:53 No.31100

Is a self-driving car really an invention that society needs? We already have a machine that was fundamentally designed for a human operator, there is no entity in the universe more well-suited to the task of driving an automobile than a human being, but now we want to try to retrofit every car with some software that replaces the human driver and will never be as good as a human driver and for what? Is driving really such a laborious and horrible ordeal for humans to endure, having to sit in a comfortable air-conditioned chair and listen to music for a while? Is it really worth wiping out an entire category of jobs that humans depend on to survive, just to replace them with software that is not nearly as well suited to the task and will likely kill people with no accountability?

Anonymous 29-08-25 23:57:25 No.31102

>is it really worth wiping out an entire category of jobs that humans depend on to survive, just to replace them with software that is not nearly as well suited to the task and will likely kill people with no accountability?
When they get advanced enough yes, individual vehicles/taxis are important for disabled people and supplementary to public transportation, for example in a city at night when there are no buses (although we could have self-driving buses at night? I assume).
Since cars in the future will be reduced in number and importance for public transport they will kill much less.

Anonymous 30-08-25 02:00:00 No.31105

Trains would be better for mass / long distance transit, trollies would be better for residential / industrial, conveyor belts and escalators in dry spots, and horses (the OG self-driving vehicle) would be better the country / offroad.

There's no real point to self-driving cars when you have the above.

Glownonymous 30-08-25 02:00:57 No.31106

>>31100
>Is it really worth wiping out an entire category of jobs
jesus try not sounding like an insufferable middle classer so much next time

Anonymous 30-08-25 08:50:30 No.31111

>>31105
What about disabled people? I mean some day we will cure al disabilities but until then.

Anonymous 30-08-25 09:48:53 No.31112

>>31105
Trains are kind of a lost cause in America. We left the development of US rail infrastructure entirely in the hands of private monopolies who designed the railways for maximum profit, i.e. freight and not passengers, and now we're stuck with shitty railway infrastructure that is useless to almost everyone and costs more money to maintain than it's even worth. The government tried to make the obstinate railroad monopoly modernize America's railroads but gave up and focused on highways instead, thus the subsidized interstate highway system and the car-centric urban planning of American cities. It's too late to go back now, we're kind of stuck with what we've got.

Anonymous 31-08-25 21:16:28 No.31131

>>31111
What about them? Be specific.

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