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Re:Altruistic Autonomy: Beating Congestion on Shared Roads by HillaryBriss on Sunday January 20, 2019 @05:33PM (#18956048)
> ...when a modest portion of the autonomous cars are altruistic, it is possible for majority of the cars to use the shortest route without causing congestion. This can significantly (in fact, unboundedly) decrease the total latency.

how could it decrease the total latency unboundedly? I mean, doesn't the lower bound have to be zero?

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Re:Altruistic Autonomy: Beating Congestion on Shared Roads by Misdicorl on Sunday January 20, 2019 @06:55PM (#18956410)
They're probably talking about a division style of 'unbounded' (dividing by your 0). But they're still bounded by the speed of light in that case. Trash article is trash.
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