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Re:“So many people spend their working lives doing jobs they... by toomuchtodo on Sunday March 22, 2015 @08:14PM (#9248802)
The DARPA Grand Challenge started in 2004 [1], and now we have autonomous vehicles on the road in select locations. While still not fully unmanned, we've gone from nothing to a great deal of automation in ~11 years.

Spacex was founded in 2002 [2], and is expected to have a successful first stage powered vehicle recovery this year. 13 years from incorporation to revolution.

IBM's Watson diagnoses cancer better than a human doctor [3].

Keep you skepticism sir. I'll bet on the future; its winning.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Grand_Challenge

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX

[3] http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-02/11/ibm-watson-me...

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Re:“So many people spend their working lives doing jobs they... by bruceboughton on Monday March 23, 2015 @08:44AM (#9250545)
The 80/20 rule will be in full force when it comes to driverless cars.
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