Automation distinguishing between a leaf and small ball suddenly appearing between parked cars on a residential city street? Mmmm, not so sure about that. Perhaps very too much unnecessary braking or kiddo speed bumps.
Heard an ex-Navy fighter pilot today saying that the autopilot on the FA-18 is called the "I believe button." He also said that in night landings on stormy seas where the deck of the aircraft carrier is pitching up and down 10 feet at a time, it's way better than human pilots.
And of course we know the "pilots" in the cabin of commercial airliners don't do anything but porter the aircraft from the terminal to the runway and back again after the landing. As soon as they turn onto the active runway, the machines are in charge until they land again.
For sure, but I'm not sure cars anytime soon will have all such similar bits distinguished and digested to fit in a modest on-board computer any time soon. Maybe I'm too much of a pessimist.
That said, we the people have decided that anyone who is not completely blind can drive, and most of those drivers think they are good drivers. Was no one regularly the first or last getting picked for sandlot softball? Can everyone routinely catch a ball over-the-shoulder at a dead run?
Trust the car
Yeah, as if a car could figure out all those interstates that end in 80.
Automation distinguishing between a leaf and small ball suddenly appearing between parked cars on a residential city street? Mmmm, not so sure about that. Perhaps very too much unnecessary braking or kiddo speed bumps.
Heard an ex-Navy fighter pilot today saying that the autopilot on the FA-18 is called the "I believe button." He also said that in night landings on stormy seas where the deck of the aircraft carrier is pitching up and down 10 feet at a time, it's way better than human pilots.
And of course we know the "pilots" in the cabin of commercial airliners don't do anything but porter the aircraft from the terminal to the runway and back again after the landing. As soon as they turn onto the active runway, the machines are in charge until they land again.
Wasn't it human eyes [ that found this ] in the bazillion pixels of Kepler photos?
For sure, but I'm not sure cars anytime soon will have all such similar bits distinguished and digested to fit in a modest on-board computer any time soon. Maybe I'm too much of a pessimist.
That said, we the people have decided that anyone who is not completely blind can drive, and most of those drivers think they are good drivers. Was no one regularly the first or last getting picked for sandlot softball? Can everyone routinely catch a ball over-the-shoulder at a dead run?
Perhaps we need moar of these…
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That one's dumb. I was amused at TN/NC/SC Interstate 26, which "east" is closer to south-southeast.