Re:Volkswagen exec admits full self-driving cars 'may never ...
by gist on Sunday January 19, 2020 @03:13PM
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> I am skeptical that full self-driving cars will happen in the next few years, but he is completely wrong when it comes to the long term
I think when someone says 'will never happen' they mean 'not in the foreseeable future'.
Obviously the environment, usage and science can change such that full self driving could happen. I mean in the 1600s nobody could imagine a Boeing 747 flying loaded with hundreds of people, sure.
But the hype around self driving (by all the dreamers) has been that it's more or less 'right around the corner' not in 30 or 40 years or even 20 years.
I think when someone says 'will never happen' they mean 'not in the foreseeable future'.
Obviously the environment, usage and science can change such that full self driving could happen. I mean in the 1600s nobody could imagine a Boeing 747 flying loaded with hundreds of people, sure.
But the hype around self driving (by all the dreamers) has been that it's more or less 'right around the corner' not in 30 or 40 years or even 20 years.