Re:The problem with metrics is a big problem for AI
by MauranKilom on Monday October 21, 2019 @02:09PM
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> You'd have to convince people they were terrible drivers and that driving was super dangerous to get most people to put their kid in a self driving taxi in traffic.
I don't think so. All things equal, who wouldn't want to spend their time doing something more fun than navigating traffic? Whether it can be affordable to everyone is a different question, but you wouldn't have to insult anyone's driving skills to offer incentives for a switch.
Also, "self-flying cars" have about 100x more problems that affect adoption (aside from having virtually nothing in common with self-driving ones). Having to constantly generate 10 m/s² of upwards acceleration is really expensive. You can't go to work in a flying car. People are huge wimps about crashing. Basic stuff like this. I mean, I can't/won't stop you leaving the self-driving car business for the self-flying car business, but it seems incredibly ill-advised to me.
I don't think so. All things equal, who wouldn't want to spend their time doing something more fun than navigating traffic? Whether it can be affordable to everyone is a different question, but you wouldn't have to insult anyone's driving skills to offer incentives for a switch.
Also, "self-flying cars" have about 100x more problems that affect adoption (aside from having virtually nothing in common with self-driving ones). Having to constantly generate 10 m/s² of upwards acceleration is really expensive. You can't go to work in a flying car. People are huge wimps about crashing. Basic stuff like this. I mean, I can't/won't stop you leaving the self-driving car business for the self-flying car business, but it seems incredibly ill-advised to me.