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Originally Posted by pmdelites
were any of the jetson's flying cars self-flying cars?
i dont remember.
even if autonomous vehicles/self-driving cars are everywhere, i dont trust them.
computer software is pretty amazing, but they cant be programmed to anticipate every possible driving/traffic condition. there will be accidents, some minor, some major w/ deaths. just like now w/ people driving vehicles.
the only thing they wont be doing is "driving while intoxicated", at least we hope.
from the youTube description:
"Get ready to see some white lights joining the red, yellow, and green party on the traffic lights! It would signal to drivers of autonomous vehicles (AVs). The white light should help them manage the upcoming intersection of traffic flow intelligently. The thinking is that both traffic congestion levels and overall fuel consumption could be reduced. The cars and trucks that are driving themselves won't need to 'look' at the white traffic light, because they'll be communicating with it wirelessly. ������"
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With AI tech, cars and the network will constantly learn and optimize the system. Biggest hurdle for me is mixing Non connected cars with connected cars. I see they are trying but seems to me they need to put an identifer on all non connected cars.
There will be accidents and deaths, but I'm betting on the total numbers of these will drop to 1/4 to 1/2 of what it is today. Media will pound them and air every crash and death like they do with Tesla fires. Reality is like Tesla fires which burn down far less per car than ICE cars, automated cars will have far fewer crashes.
Now I want to see them navigate 12" of snow.