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A bunch of automated cars appearently blocked traffic somewhere. (laserdisc.party)
submitted 1 year ago by imgprojts@lemmy.ml to c/fuck_cars@lemmy.ml
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According to this news, automated cars suck just as much as normal cars suck:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/08/14/business/driverless-cars-san-francisco-cruise/index.html

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[-] sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

I thought it was bad that video games required an internet connection, but a car?? I get why it would be useful for a taxi kind of thing, but at least just have it complete the current route before freezing like that. Is all the computing done on a remote server? If so, that's even worse.

[-] counselwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

Maybe self-driving cars just need Rollback Netcode.

[-] cassetti@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I thought it was bad that video games required an internet connection

Funny thing is that's when I stopped gaming. When the Xbox came out and everyone was hopping on the internet, I was like no thanks - I prefer "retro" gaming now where we're all in one room together drinking beer and laughing while having a good time.

[-] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In that case, could autonomous vehicles purposely create a roadblock, only allowing fellow autonomous vehicles through? Block transit lanes to reduce transit efficiency? Block bike lanes or pedestrian crossings? Block emergency vehicles (like mentioned in the article, but on purpose)?

Could roadways become a team strategy? Cloud distributed Mad-Max?

[-] Izzy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm still not even a little bit convinced that automated cars is going to work any time soon. In many cases I think they are actually making things worse and more dangerous.

Maybe if we manage to standardize every single road in the country so there aren't any weird exceptions, but I still think it would only be viable on highways. I can't see a future where I'll be able to sit in my driveway and press a button to go to work and then be able to let the car take me all the way there without my input.

We should be investing all this time, energy and engineering into public transport such as metros and other light rail. Tear out every single highway in the country and replace them with trains and train stations. I can bike a mile to a train station instead.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

But if we invested this in public spaces and services then how would private companies milk profit out of our citizens' need to travel?

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