Google lobbies Nevada to allow driverless cars

Re:Google lobbies Nevada to allow driverless cars by sien on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @07:45AM (#2536014)

Here's a company that is smart enough to know that they could have a major part of a market though could explode. Google don't just have to sell ads. They have loads of very smart people. They could wind up being the major provide for driverless cars.

Sebastian Thrun works for Google now. He's one of the world's foremost experts in the field.

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Re:Google lobbies Nevada to allow driverless cars by larrik on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @08:59AM (#2536231)

"They could wind up being the major provide for driverless cars."

I'd say they could be the major provider for driverless car technology. I don't think they should get into actual car manufacturing.

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Re:Google lobbies Nevada to allow driverless cars by MatthewPhillips on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @09:47AM (#2536395)

Bingo, this is going to be a big field in the future. AI is outside the core competency of car manufacturers; they'll have to buy that tech from some one. Google's ad revenue could look puny by comparison some day.

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Re:Google lobbies Nevada to allow driverless cars by axylone on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @11:23AM (#2536779)

This sounds like the history of a company out of a Stephenson or Gibson book. I want to believe...

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Re:Google lobbies Nevada to allow driverless cars by sien on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @07:35PM (#2538872)

Indeed. This is what I meant.

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