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Re:Uber lays off around 350 more across Eats, self-driving a... by jandrese on Monday October 14, 2019 @02:54PM (#21251506)
Those human size autonomous quadcopter companies are all so optimistic about the future that they don't even realize how pie in the sky they are. Holy shit the business model on those is so crazy. Fly out to the suburbs and land autonomously in your back yard. Then it flies out and lands on the roof of your office, or at the airport, or wherever you want to go all controlled by your smartphone. Like these things are going to be flying in areas where only expert pilots would even consider in aircraft that are horrendously unstable and light and in close proximity to obstructions.

The videos always show some guy in a business suit flying some laser straight path right to the building, not being buffeted around by the wind reflected off of the buildings and one engine out from a pigeon that got sucked into the motor.

Re:Uber lays off around 350 more across Eats, self-driving a... by CydeWeys on Monday October 14, 2019 @10:07PM (#21254952)
These things would have to be at least as safe as cars, and I just don't see how that's possible. They can't glide like an unpowered plane; anything goes wrong and you're immediately plummeting to your death.
Re:Uber lays off around 350 more across Eats, self-driving a... by jandrese on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @10:42AM (#21258906)
At least one company includes a built-in automatically deploying parachute for whenever something goes wrong. Probably all of them will have to do that in the end.
Re:Uber lays off around 350 more across Eats, self-driving a... by CydeWeys on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @01:56PM (#21261527)
That will help reduce fatalities but definitely won't eliminate them. Also you're gonna see a lot of people in drones strung up in trees/powerlines and in need of rescuing.
Re:Uber lays off around 350 more across Eats, self-driving a... by Judgmentality on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @04:17PM (#21263237)
I'd be more concerned about these crashing on a street and causing a road accident.