The AI Future is Now! Artificial Intelligence-Driven Cars Are Here

Thanks to artificial intelligence, the driverless car is finally here!
For years, car companies promised that cars would drive themselves, but it never happened... until now.
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Now, Google has harnessed artificial intelligence (AI) to create a driverless car called Waymo.
It works kind of like Uber. You open the Waymo app, request a ride, and within minutes, a driverless car shows up.
My executive producer, Maxim Lott, went to Phoenix and San Francisco to learn more about it. He rode in a Waymo with former Argo driverless car executive Alex Roy.
The two sat in the back, since no human needs to sit in the front. The wheel moves itself, as if a ghost were driving.
Waymo's data shows it is already safer than human drivers.
How do the cars manage that?
Lott explains the technology and future of self-driving cars in the full video above.
** Technical advice from Mark Palmer **

[@68orangecrate26]

The real threat is that regulators will try to ban traditional cars. You’re not taking my Mustang, or my guns😉

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

Oh yes they will. Once Amnesty for 45+ million illegals happens, the 2nd amendment will be repealed.

[@bigg4454]

Good call! That scenario could be a precursor to the WEF plan as well. Besides, "some" of us want something to do and not "everything" done for us. Ya got the iRobot Roomba, Alexa, Siri, virtual reality, chatbots, etc. if ya think humans are weak now, just wait! A dystopian future is like 7- Eleven's 1979 slogan used to say, ....." It's just around the corner!" Glad I'm old.

[@bludeuce3855]

they cant completley ban traditional cars its impossible

[@bigg4454]

@@bludeuce3855 I agree, but considering "they", anything's possible no matter how illogical it is.

[@bludeuce3855]

@@bigg4454 its impossible to completley ban traidtional cars becuase americans wont willingly give them up and theyll try ilelgally producing them

[@stopthebox]

Driverless cars = total control of your movement, or no movement at all if you think the wrong way.

[@Subject_Keter]

For as much as people love to frenchkiss doom... them "awake" people sure do love to do nothing about it. Sus

[@ge2719]

Except if they just make it so you control where the car goes. A private company that petite get a ride from won't do that, other than by say asking to stop off one place then go to another place. But if you own your own self driving car you can do whatever you want with it. If a company doesn't let you do that, don't buy from them.

[@Peter_Riis_DK]

So, your car hasn't OnStar or something like that, stop?

[@zonked1200]

Nothing stops government from doing that now without self driving cars. Isn't there a model out (non sdc) now that GM or whoever can just disable if you miss a payment? Or police can remotely turn off the engine?

[@tonymontana3742]

No reason to allow you to drive since your grocery store privilege's have been suspended.

[@Se7enChk]

I'm not scared of driverless cars. I'm scared of regulators banning me from driving myself.

[@Subject_Keter]

Scared straight?

[@Apice.]

Same

[@aygwm]

Then fight the legislation

[@davidwright873]

I hope you drive better than you spell.....!

[@Strideo1]

I too am scared of regulators banong me.

[@hotrodhendrix1]

Improving technology isn't a bad thing as long as it does not become a requirement.

[@stennan]

Yeah, but right now we are stuck with the tech we have. Mom's model X cruise control (not FSD) is dependent on Tesla vision, which depends on the Auto-wipers, which are in BETA and have been so for years. After Tesla turned off the radar, she is afraid of using the cruise control since she is getting more phantom braking. I want to live in world where the car can drive automatically, but they need to be safer than a human driver and work all the time!

[@markkus1134]

That’s the problem it’s about controlling your movements

[@jeremykraenzlein5975]

As a big supporter of driverless cars, I would be strongly opposed to any mandate. We should let people stick with human-driven cars as long as they want, just as we allowed people to stick with landlines as long as they wanted, until they felt comfortable switching to using only cell phones. The cell phones proved themselves to the general public, and I am confident that one day self-driving cars will as well (unlike electric-only vehicles, which some people actually are trying to force on the public).

[@evilspyke5760]

lets face it, AI is going to be a way better driver then about 97% of the population.

[@23Butanedione]

​@@stennanI hate your mindset

[@jonmarler]

My only fear with autonomous vehicles is that once the technology is good enough, and accepted by the public, that government will ban humans from driving cars. Or they will make the requirements for a drivers license so enormous, that most people simply won't be able to obtain one.

[@travisjazzbo3490]

Sure... but if they are not necessary, then why not?

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

Yeah, I am NOT anti-driverless cars but I am against driverless car MANDATES.

[@dannygreen7473]

@@travisjazzbo3490 You're not necessary.

[@dannygreen7473]

That will be the outcome. We should have shut this all down years ago. This "progress" will be our prison.

[@travisjazzbo3490]

@@dannygreen7473 Are you slow?

[@harrydecker8731]

Driverless cars appear to do well in those areas where climate is nice most of the year. How are they going to do in cities with harsh winters and strong winds and blinding rains and flooded streets?

[@ronvosick8253]

And crazy detour with road construction and workers who are close to the highway.

[@sargentd3125]

Driving in a foot of snow

[@northernlightsrenovations1710]

These things will NOT work in the frozen North in the middle of the winter. Additionally, driving is THE biggest job in North America. Eliminating those jobs is going to have a sever negative impact on workers. AI is not your friend, and never will be.

[@davidmihevc3990]

I bet it wouldn't work worth a darn in a blizzard.

[@ikematthews6866]

@@davidmihevc3990people often get Stuck in in blizzards so I don’t think it would preform any worse than humans

[@bobtuiliga8691]

I can foresee in my lifetime the banning of human-driven cars on the grounds of safety or traffic flow. It will start on certain roads and expand from there. As a car enthusiast and libertarian this just fills me with despair :(

[@moneyobsessed]

More like human drivers would have lower speed limits embedded in cars

[@goofyfoot2001]

We'll have to change governments before that happens

[@Deontjie]

Make sense. But I am worried about electronics in cars. They are prone to failure. One pigeon pooping on a sensor, and then? My biggest worry is ricers trying to "improve" the system so they can beat the traffic.

[@daveassanowicz186]

As a Libertarian how do you feel about subsidizing US Auto Manufacturers billions per year, paying for Car Centric development, and totalitarian Euclidean Zoning Laws?

[@Tristan-mv6lc]

They could just improve the license tests, they could make them harder as they wouldn't be necessary. Many people already shouldn't drive, they could but they should be forced to learn proper driving.

[@glsracer]

I like the idea of driverless cars. What I don't like is the slippery slope that automated cars create. Eventually this could cause insurance costs to sky rocket and/or enable the government to restrict the use of standard cars in order to control the population

[@alexmendez3681]

This is not true. I used to work at an insurance company. This will lower the cost of insurance because there would be less accidents. AI can make decisions faster than humans can. Maybe even over time the tech could remove auto insurance and semi truck insurance reducing the price of our goods.

[@glsracer]

@@alexmendez3681 right, it will lower the cost of insurance for driverless cars and increase the insurance for standard cars. It's all based on risk, if regular drivers become higher risk then their costs will go up.

[@alexmendez3681]

@@glsracer That’s true but the opposite could also be true, if human drivers become less of a risk then prices will go down. It works in the opposite way too. What this means is that drunk drivers and sleepy drivers can now order a waymo thus reducing nasty car accidents all around thus reducing the price of insurance. I’m willing to bet you money that accidents will be dramatically reduce when this becomes main stream.

[@glsracer]

@@alexmendez3681 maybe. Autostop features have drastically reduced accidents in cities. I guess we'll see. Government and crony corporations almost always trend towards authoritarianism. If something can be used for control, it will be

[@alexmendez3681]

@@glsracer Now that’s another issue. That’s why people need to continue to be informed and vote correctly. We need to spread the word and make sure that doesn’t happen. We still have our first and second amendment rights because we keep fighting for them and it’s been over 200 years now.

[@hereticsaint100]

First we have the self-driving cars, then we'll have legislation that restricts cars with human drivers. Next, the only thing you'll be able to have is a driverless car. Then they'll decrease the supply of them. They'll shut them off whenever they feel like. You will be at their mercy. But it'll all be for our safety!

[@GaryR55]

Yep. They'll shut down service in the event of "the next" plandemic.

[@Qaptyl]

thats not because of the driverless cars. thats because of the second thing you said. that second thing can ruin ANY technological advancement.

[@GaryR55]

@@Qaptyl Indeed, it can and will, as we've already seen. But the point I was making in mentioning this is that, when personal transportation becomes restricted, the next step is shutting it down altogether, which can be used to control the movements of the entire population.

[@Winterascent]

No, safety is the excuse, not the reason. @@Qaptyl

[@Qaptyl]

@@GaryR55 thats obvious. by the "second thing" i meant the legislation. the legislation is the real problem, not necessarily the cars is what im saying.

[@AndyFromm]

I want to see them take on an average Minnesota winter 😂🤣

[@bigslinking]

Please bro that's nothing, Alaska fall, winter or spring... that Idiocracy car won't last an hour. I will keep my F250 v8 4x4.

[@ghostrickalucard488]

These are the things these silicon valley egg heads aren't thinking about. Driverless cars in a city sure, but in a rural area with bad weather, there's no way!

[@JamieE76]

Agree. Our winters in northern Wisconsin are pretty much the same as most of Minnesota. Good luck with that, AI car.

[@Tomn8er]

Or in Canada. Road conditions in the southern US is like easy mode for drivers lol

[@JamieE76]

@@Tomn8er, totally! We lived in several different states in the southeast over 10 years or so. Hardly any snow to speak of. Totally different beast from living up north, that's for sure. 6-7 months of snow up here, depending on the year. Got the snow tires. Got the chains. Got the sand bags for our 2wd truck. Works like a charm. I'd like to see an AI car deal with that. Laughable!

[@westsenkovec]

_"Anything to stop woman from driving"_ is a phrase that can singlehandedly stop this dystopian nightmare.

[@APbbb]

Now that gets a like friend. LOL!

[@ge2719]

Do you wash your clothes in a river?

[@23Butanedione]

​@@ge2719do you always avoid obvious facts like woman are worse drivers?

[@sexistspaghettios]

​@@ge2719 To quote you: "QUIT COMPLAINING" 😂😂

[@ge2719]

@@sexistspaghettios asking a question is complaining? How pathetic. To quote you "hurr durrr meee soooww sturperrrdddddd, i pooped my pahnts agerrrrnnnnn, duuuurrrrrrrrrr my bwayn hewts" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Jubeidono2012]

Great way for the government to control it off a cliff.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

Better not be wanted for back taxes

[@SgtJoeSmith]

@@user-yv7dt5je1l I was afraid to say that publicly. lol

[@kerbalairforce8802]

If you have power steering post 1995, they already can.

[@Jimraynor45]

If your gonna assume the worst of government, you should assume the worst of people. These cars could be filled with bombs to attack government buildings without risk to oneself. Would you accept that as a valid excuse for the government to ban them? Lets not play that game, instead how about we embrace freedom?

[@prime12602]

Ahh your are so important to government that they want to kill you for whatever reason, oh wait nvm you’re a random nobody lmao

[@beebtv]

If there's a shutdown switch for passengers that would stop the car if the system went haywire I'd consider taking a ride. I never would completely surrender my safety to technology without a kill switch.

[@johnsposato5632]

Will we see the development of an aftermarket demand for kill switches if not provided by the manufacturer? Humans are endlessly creative in finding workarounds.

[@67MercuryXR7]

Two years ago, here in Chandler, Arizona, I had a WAYMO van turn left onto a side street right in front of me when I was on my motorcycle. There was no other traffic around. It literally missed me by 1 foot. The thing never knew I was there. Let me tell ya, it’s more than scary to see that front bumper right at your leg and still coming. I immediately rode to their office off of 56th St. and filed a complaint. Never heard back.

[@theakountant8444]

I've had countless human drivers nearly hit me while in my motorcycle.

[@alexmendez3681]

Why are people afraid of change? I never understood this.

[@josealexi5141]

EVERY motorcycle rider I see is passing people on the berm, driving between lanes, zipping past at 100+ MPH, running lights and/or stop signs. I have ZERO sympathy for any of these 2-wheel road hazards.

[@kittenluvzu]

The WAYMO can identify a pedestrian or a cone, but not a motorcycle with a person on it? I'm not buying it.

[@andrewp7509]

​@josealexi5141 not every motorcycle rider does the things you say,knock it off liar

[@diggingattycho7908]

There is something very important that is being overlooked. Human contact, taking taxies, ubers, whatever. You get to talk to somebody, this high tech world is driving us to be more and more isolated.

[@alexmendez3681]

I’m okay with the no talking. Taxi drivers and Uber drivers have nothing good to say. It’s usually boring conversations.

[@LeviathantheMighty]

Soon, AI will be more interesting than most any person. AI girlfriends and boyfriends will really change things.

[@diggingattycho7908]

​@@LeviathantheMighty You must be an AI yourself or are very young. It has nothing to do with the quality of conversation. But human to human contact. If your human, you will understand what I'm talking about someday.

[@diggingattycho7908]

@@alexmendez3681 You must be an AI yourself or are very young. It has nothing to do with the quality of conversation. But human to human contact. If your human, you will understand what I'm talking about someday.

[@alexmendez3681]

@@diggingattycho7908 Yea I’m young. 45. It’s just that most Uber drivers aren’t very intelligent so there isn’t much to talk about. They don’t understand complex topics so it’s usually boring chit chat. Human to human contact isn’t always important. Newsflash for you, not everyone enjoys boring my conversation. Small conversations at the check out line or at shopping experiences are fine because they don’t last as long as an Uber ride. I’m just not interested in 100% of the time engaging in human to human conversations. That’s all.

[@AdamKlownzinger]

I think this is awesome for people who want to use it like myself. It should not be banned. It also should not be REQUIRED. New technology is great because of the OPTIONS it gives us

[@noneofyourbusiness5326]

So, you don't want regulation, unless it forces others to do what you want. Well done. btw, nice clown face.

[@DaTruff4real]

With all the poop in San Francisco, how long until people start using driverless cars as a bathroom? Mark my words. It's going to be a trend

[@mattlance4272]

What happens when not of the program gets hacked or worse and locks you in or a mob attacks you and you need to get away? Thousands of people would have died in Hawaii with these cars when the cops told the people to turn around and drive back into the fire. These cars would have stopped in the fire and unalived you.

[@JD2jr.]

That's why you need the **option**. And someone committing a crime (specifically hacking, here) isn't an argument against a technology.

[@noneofyourbusiness5326]

@@JD2jr. They are talking about driverless cars that do not have steering wheels. Furthermore, the issue is beyond crime. What happens in a blizzard? Can the car be driven in a safe way through a pouring rain? How does it handle black ice on a highway. A lot of this country is not city and even the cities have highways. Automated taxis circulating in confined downtown areas in places with mild weather is no proof of concept.

[@mattlance4272]

@JD2jr. the combination of all the bad is easily enough to show that these shouldn't be allowed publicly. Meaning no taxis or other like minded venues. If you personally want to buy and use one that's fine but you will take the consequences including if you infringe on someone else. If someone dies because rescue vehicles can't get around one then you are at fault along with the car company for wrongful death suit.

[@Wh0am131]

Looking forward to the future video where we talk about how driverless cars had unforseen consequences and they are not the saviors of the road

[@alexmendez3681]

One of those consequences would be that people would lose their jobs. You shouldn’t be a full time taxi driver or full time truck driver. Time to get a new job.

[@Wh0am131]

@@alexmendez3681 I hope no one is as carefree about your job being lost

[@alexmendez3681]

@@Wh0am131 Haha. I am carefree about losing my job to AI. I won’t tell you reason why I’m carefree but I definitely am.

[@ds5267]

Driverless cars, and AI in general, are a catastrophic threat to what remains of human autonomy and freedom. They are simply too easy for central authority to control for reasons having nothing to do with traffic safety and everything to do with political domination. Further, we are already FAR too reliant on electronics. Remember rule one of engineering - mechanical and as simple as possible for the function at hand is always most reliable. Electronic data systems are always (ALWAYS) hackable by their nature, and would be easily destroyed by nuclear detonation at an altitude of 300 miles unless hardened with hugely expensive Faraday cages. Such an attack would doom us to the collapse of our supply chains and for many, a long, painful death from starvation and the breakdown of civilization and social order. For that matter, even a solar, geomagnetic storm similar to that of the Carrington Event (1859) would disable everything from our automobiles to our dishwashers leaving us helpless and vulnerable. We are too eager to look at the shiny next thing. John Stossel, I usually agree with you, but you have this one dead wrong.

[@nerdicusdorkum2923]

I even have a dumb theory that we are ripe for another dark ages, as we store too much of humanities knowledge on such devices. Just destroy a good chunk of that, and have a lot of experts in said field expire in said catastrophe and we suddenly have 'lost technology' on any number of things.

[@Jimraynor45]

It's always been the case that new technology has made us richer and indeed, more free. The true threat to humanity has always been ourselves. The true threat is for us to be consumed by fear and paranoia. Just look at the pandemic. If your answer for society requires the restriction of freedom and new ideas, then ask yourself, if thats what you really want

[@yeboscrebo4451]

⁠​⁠@@Jimraynor45Whaaaat? You’ve got everything mixed up. The concern isn’t so much the “new technology” but the fact that our ability to CHOOSE that technology is being stripped from us. The true threat to humanity has always been the initiation of force - which is something deserving of our fear and paranoia. If people want to choose an electric vehicle, that’s fine but when you find out there’s government subsidy money, a clear agenda and people champing at the bit to rain down new legislation on us… you know there’s going to be a big big problem

[@texas66]

Waymo, take me home... "I'm sorry John, I can't do that..."

[@leanbean8962]

Drives off a cliff 😂

[@Deontjie]

You got to ask the right question? Or, this is for your own safety. Or, Woofy is fine.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Personally, AI makes me nervous and it also depresses me. This is moving humanity out of it's use in society.

[@Wrench-EveryDay]

I don't know about some humans. Maybe we're better off with driverless cars.

[@AndyFromm]

The left is trying to remove humanity as much as ai.

[@Subject_Keter]

A AI is just a person you cant yell at to change their way. I an depressed cuz people cant pickup a penny without exposing eldritch horrors.

[@DJVARAO]

Not really

[@billyparker5974]

What is being showcased today isn't artificial intelligence. What is being shown is advanced computer scripts with limited machine learning. The computer can't think or operate outside its program parameters. Don't fall for their marketing gimmick; it's the same stuff we've had for decades, just more advanced. That being said we shouldn't be taking the operater out of the loop. Companies have been trying to automate trains, the airlines, and even the registers at supermarkets. Every time they pull the automated systems and bring back employees because customers don't feel comfortable with a machine, and nothing they do can change that.

[@williamwenrich3288]

When I drive with my 14 year old granddaughter, I’m constantly talking to her about driving. The biggest thing I’m trying to tell her is to anticipate the other driver doing the wrong thing. Last Friday, I was at a stop sign, ready to turn right, when a car u-turned in front of me. I don’t know why I knew that was going to happen. The indications were too subtle for me to articulate. Chalk it up to 60 years of experience. I make mistakes. I’m human. Will they outlaw human drivers? You talked about disabling a car with a traffic cone. What about displaced drivers attacking driverless cars or their passengers?

[@23Butanedione]

You're worried about drivers attacking driverless cars?

[@JamieE76]

I haven't been driving as long as you, only about half that time, but I've had a few things like this happen over the years when I was younger. I can't explain how I knew to pause, but I chalk it up to Jesus. It wasn't my time yet.

[@DJVARAO]

Knowing Google, there is a driver remotely controlling the car.

[@TheDragonCat99]

And whenever they see an emergency vehicle, they decide to do a little trolling

[@SimonASNG]

I think the real threat is that the cars will only work for people the government (or big tech) likes. Eventually, the car could be looking at your social credit score and decide not to take you to the store because you have had enough meat (or whatever). The car could decide not to take you to a rally or protest if your views are not approved by the tech company or government. You want to go to church, nope, the car takes you to jail instead.

[@ronaldwinker2197]

Unfortunately, there are a lot of WHAT IFs. Folks move to California for the weather, and this mode might work perfectly well, but not so in other parts of the great country: high winds in Kansas, torrent rains in Georgia, heavy blizzards snows in Iowa, freezing rain in Arkansas, high flash flooding in Missouri and not to mention crazy-like people who like to bring havoc living in the lawless cities. "It's a BIG COUNTRY."..."That's what they say!"

[@alexmendez3681]

AI would adapt to your weather and know the weather in real time. 4x4 vehicles would be used. It would work just fine.

[@SepticFuddy]

@@alexmendez3681 Snowy mountain driving is not a simple matter of 4x4 (in fact, AWD is much better, and winter tires are even more important). Even with all the right gear, there's a ton of intuition and experience involved in avoiding spinouts, managing them, and anticipating unexpected terrain around turns. Frankly, I wouldn't trust anything self-driving around here in the summer, much less the winter. The variables are not so neatly predictable as in cities.

[@alexmendez3681]

@@SepticFuddy Yes I agree with you that driving in the snow is about AWD and tires and it takes experience. You don't think AI is capable? Range Rovers 20 years ago had snow settings that helped non experienced drivers. Combo that old technology with AI learning and real time weather gathering tech, and boom, you'll have a network of cars that can learn extremely quickly. Over time, I would trust that tech more than humans. But I want to hear your logic, what logic are you applying that says you would never trust AI.

[@SepticFuddy]

@@alexmendez3681 AI could certainly improve aids like traction control, descent control and braking systems, etc., but no amount of sensors can predict what's around a blind turn or what the current condition of that part of the road is. Microclimates, localized sun exposure, drainage patterns, random events (like say treefalls) all require real forethought and early execution that the car will never be able to accurately predict. We can't even get computers to accurately predict the weather on a broad scale, much less on a particular stretch of a particular slope. The character of unpaved roads changes drastically not only over the course of a year but also from year to year. I took one in summer up into the mountains that I had taken just a year or two ago and it was fine with just some minor washboarding then. This year it had massive gouges right after blind turns that many vehicles wouldn't even have the clearance or suspension to manage. In my rig, I had to take my best guess at a viable approach in either direction and thankfully managed. It's one thing to analyze the parts of such terrain that you can see, but often you can only guess at what's behind the parts you can see (I encounter that a lot skiing as well). You have to take your best guess at what you might have to face on the back end of a movement, and I will never trust a computer to make that guess for me. And the less practice people get driving thanks to the self-driving takeover, the less they'll be able to manage those issues too. My fear of total computer control is not the result of an ignorance of or lack of experience with computers. I work on computers, with AI software. I grew up on computers. My experiences with both programmed code and machine learning tell me software will never be all-sufficient to such a complex, life-and-death task. Many of the people pushing the idea seem to be blissfully ignorant of just how broken most technology is. However, systems like e.g. ABS have proven to seriously enhance performance for a human operator, and I'm all for that sort of thing. On the other hand, the more we remove the need for human input in the driving process without freeing them up entirely (a la Tesla), the more impossible it becomes to remain vigilant and ready to take over for FSD when necessary. Human focus simply doesn't work that way; lack of engagement means attention wanders, and there's only so much even the most disciplined person can do to fight that. So that's a chasm that must be jumped rather than bridged, so to speak.

[@alexmendez3681]

@@SepticFuddy You said, "but no amount of sensors can predict what's around a blind turn or what the current condition of that part of the road is", I don't understand your logic here, a AI car doesn't need to predict so much, they have to simply read the road in real time. All it takes are different kinds of sensors and cameras to read the road, and computers can read the road anywhere from 60-120 times per second, faster than a human can and react faster than a human can. In fact, in 2023, Tesla vehicles can drive themselves better than humans can, and a lot of the newer car models can brake faster than a human can. Tesla cars on average are 6x less likely to be in an accident and that is just the beginning. that's facts! I am willing to bet you that cars will eventually drive better than you ever will. I'll put money on it. And don't get me wrong, I agree with you when you say the less humans get to practice the worse it'll be for them and that's true, no one is debating that, but unfortunately that isn't a good enough reason to not allow this tech. In the beginning this tech will be used on people with disabilities, people who are too tipsy or sleepy, people that have suspended licenses, it'll help move people around to keep our communities moving. I get it, you are an old boomer that is scared of change which is funny to me because your entire life has been nothing but change. Ever since you were a kid to an old man, your life has changed so many times.

[@danielmorris7648]

The hindenburg spelled the beginning of the end for commercial blimp travel, I couldn't have imagined using a worse example.

[@justaguy328]

It's because he doesn't have an answer for it. That's the best he could come up with. And this is someone who is in this field who has thought about this deeply. And that's the best he could come up with after all of his time in the field lol. Really shows how dangerous that threat is.

[@dothanguy]

Wait until it takes you somewhere you DON'T want to do!

[@jefft8597]

I can hardly wait for pilotless jumbo jets and captainless cruise ships. What could go wrong?

[@RealMTBAddict]

Jumbo jets are mostly retired by now. Replaced by the 777 and Airbus Dreamliner.

[@stevenscott2136]

The average cruise passenger won't notice anything is wrong until the food runs out.

[@YT-User1013]

“Car companies promised cars that would drive themselves” No one asked for this.

[@burkino7046]

People have definitely asked for this. Driving sucks, anything that makes it so I don't have to drive is a good thing.

[@KAZVorpal]

Completely false. Tons of people want this, because they have sense. The problem is when it becomes mandatory, to control us.

[@JamieE76]

I love driving! It doesn't suck for me.

[@Red_Four]

​@@burkino7046 speak for yourself.

[@f308gtb1977]

I’m in favor of us trying anything not based on lies or that The Government isn’t trying to shove down our throats. But I also enjoy driving. There are still a few of us left.

[@JamieE76]

I love driving as well. Would never willingly give that up while I have the mental/physical capacity to still do it.

[@bryanutility9609]

Tech for its own sake is stupid and pointless. I want cheaper more beautiful housing & cheaper cleaner transport not “driverless AI” & metaverse dork tech.

[@alanhembra2565]

So when an AI driven car with no one in it hits and kills a pedestrian or causes an accident with fatalities - who pays and/or goes to jail?

[@internetpointsbank]

Its obviously the passengers fault. They decided where to go.

[@shanewilson8728]

Im not going to trust a self driving car on roads where there is freezing rain. Self driving cars won't drive to the road conditions in severe icy roads.

[@whysosyria11]

I’ll be driving my AI girlfriend around in my AI driven car.

[@tinymetaltrees]

*Your AI girlfriend's boyfriend will drive you around.

[@whysosyria11]

@@tinymetaltreesHis name is KITT

[@KAZVorpal]

And you'll be cooking her meals with Door Dash.

[@billyparker5974]

Automation was never meant to replace the human worker. It was always meant to be a tool to increase productivity. People will always have limitations due to the ways our bodies work. Machines were built to augment the worker in order to make up for our physical limitations. Corporations see this technology as a way to replace people so the rich are the ones that profit, not their employees. Consider this, we've had automated trains and aircraft for decades and yet we still have people who can operate those vehicles. The reason is that there's too many variables that can risk the lives of passengers and the destruction of cargo. What if a driverless car hits a pedestrian and they die, or the car wrecks and the passengers die? Who's responsible, the company that bought the car or the makers of the car? Someone has to be held accountable when people get hurt and automated vehicles raise more questions than they provide answers.

[@Subject_Keter]

Finally someone who gets and isnt a professional glue enjoyer. For me? Appearently all laws and rulings need Khrone to make them ready so wait for thr blood to shower so the meek will release "Hey smoking in a gas storage zone isnt safe" equivalent.

[@herbertvonsauerkrautunterh2513]

As an individual I prefer to make my own choices and accept the consequences. I see the use case for them but something like this should not be pushed in the name of safety. Freedom is more important than safety and security

[@nickie17301]

I’d like to see this vehicle in Michigan during a snow storm. It would be awesome if it was reliable but something tells me the sensors will freeze over or get ice on them. You can’t take the human completely out.

[@Khalifrio]

I want to see one of these tackle a 8 inch snow storm. Doing this in California is the best case scenario. It might work there but the north east is a totally different story due to weather.

[@bryanutility9609]

The less you drive the worst your skills. We are literally making things worse

[@goatranchgaming2922]

Or how drive on cal 58 were there are tuble weeds that blow across the road including vw beatle size ones

[@donm5354]

Driverless Delivery? Unless theres an android AI robot that will carry packages up 20 steps to my front door - it will be more annoying and I will use a human delivery person.

[@briandarazs6620]

Self driving trucks?. Something that big and weighs upwards of around 70 thousand pounds, I want a human behind in control of that thank you very much.

[@HealthyDisrespectforAuthority]

ok..point 2.. I can't stand being in a back seat.. leg room and vertigo

[@Subject_Keter]

God i hate Vertigo.

[@Alpha-ro8sc]

The fact that dude used a zeppelin as an analogy tells us all we need to know. When was the last time anyone has taken a trip in a zeppelin? (Other than a member of the Goodyear blimp crew) Side note: Anyone else notice the proliferation of speech impediments?

[@RealMTBAddict]

Yep, nobody can speak properly anymore. I work in construction and these young kids just mumble all day long and make fun of me for talking properly.

[@23Butanedione]

​@@RealMTBAddicthahaha that's pretty funny

[@23Butanedione]

​@@RealMTBAddictyou sound like the R

[@RealMTBAddict]

@@23Butanedione Hahahahahaha

[@kerbalairforce8802]

​@@RealMTBAddict I grew up in the deep south, but learned to read through "hooked on phonics". I occasionally got picked on for *not* having a Southern accent. When kids "learn" from mumble rap, don't be surprised when they mumble

[@wonderfulirony4191]

Just wait until people end up in shipping containers heading to Peter Gregory's island like poor Jared. 🤣

[@williamwenrich3288]

I’m worried that people who have lost jobs will retaliate against the people who use the driverless cars. Such things have happened in the past.

[@Bsilbs]

I’m worried that this, along with other advancements in AI, will displace so many people in the job market that they will live without a purpose, collecting universal basic income, which is a fraction of what they made before, leading to staggering income inequality. Working and interacting with people is a vital part of human existence, and is crucial for our mental health and well being. I’m a 27 year old millennial, and I’m not looking forward to how this will play out in my lifetime, and the negative impact it could have on man kind as a whole. Yeah no thanks. The only advancements we need to make going forward are in medicine, entertainment, and food production. Anything else will just lead to a societal decline, with humans becoming more stupid and lazy than they already are.

[@KielerInKanada]

For every good use of AI there will be the equivalent of bad people using AI for nefarious reasons. AI in bad hands is real scary ands it's already happening.

[@richardprescott5939]

The old Pong video game was AI. AI in reality is simply programmed reactions, not thought or intelligence.

[@ThirtytwoJ]

As in government hands

[@KielerInKanada]

@@richardprescott5939 You are totally incorrect. AI will have the ability to formulate decisions/actions based on learning. Experts state that AI intelligence will increase a thousand fold within the next few years, that's why governments are currently drafting up legislation to put rules around AI. Even Musk has warned about AI.

[@richardprescott5939]

@@KielerInKanada No it will not formulate decisions based on learning. It will always be limited to what it has been programmed to do. "Experts" say? NO, buffoons mishear. The computers will be given more information and faster processors. But they will still shutdown when they encounter an unprogrammed occurrence. Government action is them controlling you rather than programmers. Musk has warned against programmers, not 'thinking' computers. AI can only regurgitate what is has been programmed to do. It cannot make a decision on its own. It has to have been given a specific reactionto a specific circumstance.

[@KielerInKanada]

@@scottm8579 Wish you were right. You have no idea.

[@ddrhero]

Driverless cars are going to be lobbied to become mandatory replacements. If they were to stay optional, they'd be great, but that's not how a the corps play ball.

[@RealMTBAddict]

Lol

[@Stevarooni]

"Have you been injured by Waymo laser cancerous lesions?"

[@carultch]

The lasers are infrared, they cannot cause cancer.

[@peterbrunsgaard2012]

My favorite journalist! ⚡️⚡️👏👏🙏🙏

[@23Butanedione]

Well he stuck out with this piece

[@Hipnosis65]

You will soon be told where you can go. That's the Waymo of the future.

[@gregcollins3404]

Technology is not the solution to mankind's problems....

[@josealexi5141]

if it _WERE_ the solution, mankind would just create new & BETTER problems.

[@yeboscrebo4451]

Exactly

[@yeboscrebo4451]

I wish I could pin this comment. So few words, so much truth.

[@elizabethsworkshop8019]

Autopilot has been around for decades. Even though it has come a long way from where it started, it still breaks. If aircraft mechanics like myself are having to replace faulty autopilot computers, I'm not going in a driverless car

[@Heywoodjablowme2]

Cyber attack. Now your locked in the car and stuck somewhere and cant get out

[@joesharbach3883]

How well do these cars work in the rain and snow? Also, almost all of the Uber/Lyft drivers where I live are African immigrants. What will they do for work when they're replaced?

[@ald3975]

Silly Rabbit... No one really cares about African immigrants. The Guh-mint were just chasing Benjamins. Oh I'm sorry. You didn't know did you?😮

[@user-iu1ru1qz7u]

Driving is possibly one of the greatest privileges and expressions of freedom people have. It's a gift to those living in the modern world that such a thing remains so affordable and within reach. I completely understand how authoritarian politicians salivate at the idea of "keeping you safe" by removing such a freedom. What vexes me greatly if seeing stupid people so enthusiastically looking forward to it.

[@alexmendez3681]

I’m enthusiastic about it. So does that make me stupid?

[@user-iu1ru1qz7u]

@@alexmendez3681 yep, I'd say that's stupid behavior. Everyone should learn how to drive, and for those who really don't want to, options already exist. It's a solution in search of a problem. The potential harm here is high, how long until someone decides cars should not be driven by people, to "keep you safe"? Why would anyone be enthusiastic at the prospect of losing privileges? Human nature is highly self destructive, to the point we have people excited at the idea of making themselves obsolete. And that's just plain stupid.

[@DannerBanks]

I am enthusiastic about it, but I haven't heard the "other side" so eloquently put (minus the insult). Anyway you've given me something to think about! My first-reaction-solution is vetoing any legislation that would restrict an individuals "freedom to drive".

[@alexmendez3681]

@@user-iu1ru1qz7u How is the potential of harm high here? You never really gave an example. What I see is the potential of harm becoming lower. Think about all of the idiots drivers today? Think about all of the road rage that happens today. Cars like this would reduce it because AI could handle it. Now humans can focus on reading or focus on other tasks making us more efficient. Driving is a privilege but it’s not a skill or privilege we particular need. Of course politicians will pass this and make it mandatory, and they should. How many people have lost loved one because some a hole was road raging or was driving drunk or sleepy? The issue here is fear, you are scared of losing your driving privileges and why? I think I have you figured out, Is it because you think driving equates to freedom? You somehow think you will no longer be free?

[@user-iu1ru1qz7u]

@@DannerBanks sorry for coming off rude. I was trying to make a technical statement of what I consider stupid behavior, and it does come off insulting. Not only do I love driving, I'm a big advocate for human excellence, and fully against anything the government can use to restrict freedom.

[@circletech7745]

Driverless cars isn’t my concern. It’s how every technological advancement (especially in the last 25 years) has also been paired with a destruction of ownership. Are companies going to allow me to own my own driverless car? Or do I need to pay a subscription fee like everything else? If I do get to own a driverless car, am I allowed to fix my own car? Or are you going to block my ability to repair my own car? Even if a new driverless car does meet all these requirements, who is going to pay to update the cars software? Is the company going to update it for me? Or do I need to pay to update it? And what if I don’t update it or the company starts out not charging me but now they do? And what about all the people that either can’t afford or do not want to buy a driverless car? And who is blamed in the event of an accident? Me, or the company?

[@emetzger]

I've been taking waymo around SF for awhile and I can tell you I'll never go back to human drivers. it's amazing that we still allow humans to drive. it's not perfect (yet) but neural networks learn from errors, unlike most humans.

[@yeboscrebo4451]

Even your language is screwed up. “Allow humans to drive”? Who’s allowing? You’re not suppose to believe them when the government tries to tell you that driving is a privilege. You need to get out of SF, it’s turning your brain to mush.

[@justaguy328]

And here we go. These tech fascist bros are already coming out saying that humans shouldn't be allowed to drive. They hate humanity. This is where this is heading. Hemingway was right when he said that most people won't know their fascist until the time comes. emetzger and his ilk are genuine tech fascists, and this dystopian hellscape of control where people aren't "allowed" to drive themselves if they choose already has them salivating. Control. Control. Control.

[@NicholasAlt]

What happens if it’s approaching a stop sign, scheduled to take a left, and 100 yards down that same street 2 individuals on opposite sidewalks start shooting at each other 😮

[@IMRROcom]

Don't live in Chicago

[@johnlagrega4435]

No thank you, I’ll drive myself 🙄

[@kittenluvzu]

unless you don't have a license, crippled, old and feeble, can't afford it, etc. Don't be so short-sighted, man!

[@chuckchan4127]

I guarantee you the wireless network connections have no encryption or trash encryption.

[@zonkrt3463]

Self driving cars are statistically safer by the numbers, sure. My problem is if a self-driving car hits me, the one responsible is the company, and there's absolutely no chance I'm getting any fair compensation from them. Let them develop, but I'm not getting in one anytime soon.

[@Tank50us]

The one thing that worries me... what happens when some asshat decides to physically jack the car with someone in it? At least with Uber, Lyft, or any Taxi, there's someone in the seat who may be able to fight back... but in this case... you're all alone in there. Inb4 comments about those drivers.... remember that they are screened and their progress is tracked. So odds of that happening is low.

[@bryanutility9609]

Carry some heat

[@Tank50us]

@@bryanutility9609 In SanFran? Good luck even getting a piece legally.

[@fffrrraannkk]

Driverless cars that have a habit of bursting into flames. What could go wrong?

[@tonyw1983]

i think you're confusing driverless cars with battery cars... you can have a driverless car that runs on gas (or petrol, not sure where you're from).

[@vladtepes481]

I think that the manufacturers of such cars should bear liability for all accidents except where the fault clearly lies elsewhere.

[@vanvorst1999]

The concept is good but... I will NEVER want or own a car that looks ridiculous or will require big bucks to fix all the additional tech!

[@reasonablespeculation3893]

I'm not convinced. Heading East on W. Girard Ave..... lets see an AI car make the left turn onto the ramp for I-76 West, in Philadelphia. There is no correct way to do it. All depends on the inclinations and AGRESSION of the drivers around you. Moment by moment adjustments must be made.

[@Nobere]

My only question, how will they deal with sensor echos from other vehicles when more of these cars start rolling? When it's the only car sending radar pulses it's easy to read the return signals. But when there are hundreds of them on the road?

[@SgtJoeSmith]

Different frequency and probably a wifi connection between them to since them all up and see what each cars plan is. Amazon does it in miniature with its robots in warehouses that fetch racks. The cars will see each others routes and tell each other who's turn it is to turn or whatever.

[@groosbro1]

It's called "spread spectrum", which is a relatively old and well understood technology. The same technology that allows your Wi-Fi to work in an very crowded Wi-Fi environment. Besides the different frequency the radar/lidar pulse could be dynamically coded if the sensors perceive interference from other vehicles. Besides, the radar/lidar is an interim solution, as software and hardware gets better visual systems will replace those systems, basically working like a human by sight and sound.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

@@groosbro1 same with cell phones. Over the air tv, cb radios. Good explanation

[@freedomrings1420]

​@@SgtJoeSmithGee , my internet doesn't work 100 percent of the time. LOL 😂

[@alexmendez3681]

@@freedomrings1420That means you have an old router. WiFi 6 routers have a standard that direct traffic more efficiently. Upgrade your router to high quality router and you’ll see the improvement.

[@Subject_Keter]

I personally dont trust anyone behind the wheel in the first place!

[@DarrellTurnerJr]

I guess everyone will be sitting around writing poetry and painting when the robots put everyone out of work. It doesn't take a theologian to tell you what idle hands and no purpose will do to society.

[@wwasher]

What happens when it comes to rural roads that have no lines and are fairly narrow?

[@alexmendez3681]

You could either program the car to stop at the end of the payment and end the ride there or someone could map out that ritual road for all Waymo cars to see it.

[@Redstoner2b2t]

@@alexmendez3681 they would send the teslas out with lidars glued ontop to map it for them

[@denisegaylord382]

Well, as a truck driver with all kinds of technology on my truck, I am not a huge fan of, I can see where this might be a grand thing for people in cities/congested areas. Or if you don't drive. Or if you don't walk. But job loss is a real concern as well. It's all so very new...

[@Subject_Keter]

Cant exactly blame people for doing what is "best" for them, all i heard was "memememememememmememememe"

[@jimj2683]

You are safe for at least another 10 years. Financially, the only people safe in the far future are the land owners.

[@KAZVorpal]

No, job loss from automation is a blessing for all of the community, just like it always was. Jobs cost money: Any job not absolutely necessary is a needless burden on everyone.

[@billyparker5974]

The real question is who's going to load, check, and attach the trailer? Now that I think about it what do they do if the vehicle needs fuel or has an emergency on the road like a blown out tire? Not to mention how's a driverless car going to assist an invalid in getting in and out of the vehicle? I've seen no answers to these questions and that comes off as a bit of a design flaw to me.

[@TheSimba86]

my dad drives a semi also with all that computerized collision avoidance stuff, it will automatically slam on the brakes when it sees shadows or blowing snow

[@natel7382]

Little does everyone know there are drone pilots sitting in a garage somewhere controlling all the cars, lol. Imagine that though. fr.

[@TVHouseHistorian]

Speaking as someone who makes his bread and butter driving mass transit, this scares me.

[@hubertcumberdale6404]

For some reason I feel like we are going down the wrong path. With the technology we have people already are able to avoid humans all day and still meet their needs. Sounds ok for a day or if you are sick, but I feel like we are losing our humanity with this tech. Less human interaction will make more people depressed. Idk. We need to be extremely careful with AI and eliminating the need for humans.

[@Freyia935]

"The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race."

[@tinymetaltrees]

Hubris. The word you are trying to describe is hubris.

[@shanewilson8728]

​@Freyia935, the start of the industrial revolution was probably the best time in history. The industrial revolution took everyone out of poverty.

[@hubertcumberdale6404]

@@shanewilson8728 yea I was going to say that the Industrial Revolution has allowed more humans to be alive than ever before. And we all live well. We just need to focus on not losing our human connection as we grow.

[@Subject_Keter]

People make me depressed, most people do less progress then that roomba stuck in the corner of your house, atleast I know it can get out of the corner.

[@AH-lw2bj]

1:28 What happens when youre in the back, you can see a motorcycle speeding towards you but the car continues on, hitting and killing the motorcyclist? Who's at fault?

[@fraserodonnell7618]

the car?

[@speedycatz]

The autonomous tech company. Technically they are the one who is driving the car.

[@tinymetaltrees]

You, for using the evil piece of 💩 in the first place. You chose to ride the evil robot, nobody forced you. You are the evil one for choosing to do evil. You are at fault.

[@Stevarooni]

If you're in the back of a driverless vehicle, unless there's an emergency override you can't have any liability or even reaponsibility, less so than if you were in a regular taxi and your driver made a terrible decision.

[@Stevarooni]

​@@speedycatzYep. If someone yells that they need a hammer and you fling it toward them across a crowded workroom, you're the one responsible, even if the head falls off unexpectedly and strikes someone.

[@bnobriga2]

Just saying that "they aren't perfect, yet" isn't good enough when it comes to blocking emergency vehicles. That, and other issues with these autonomous autos, should absolutely be addressed before they are allowed on the public roads. You are essentially saying you wouldn't mind entire city blocks burning down, or people bleeding out while waiting for an ambulance, just so a company can save money on testing these in closed courses.

[@CarbageMan]

I'm a software guy. We always overestimate capability and underestimate risk. The occasional catastrophes will be overplayed, and people will understate the benefits. Plus, governments and corporations will scheme together with regulatory capture to make users of such vehicles liable for the damages. You will pay auto insurance, but why? Should be manufacturer's liability. One day your car will kill you to save a drug addict wandering in the road. This is a societal challenge that will take generations to overcome, even if the overall risk is lower.

[@jeast417]

Self driving vehicles will lead to regulations requiring you to not drive ever due to safety

[@sargentd3125]

True, seems driving is a privilege

[@jamesshaw3500]

Self Driving Cars are a double edged sword. I think they can be very good, but in some scenarios they would not. For Example, as someone who has driven across the Country, They probably would not be able to, someone has to fill them up. I also like the fact that they said nothing about Pot holes.

[@alexmendez3681]

Come on James think. You can answer your own questions, I know you can. Are you simply afraid of change?

[@oliversmith9296]

The largest concern with driverless cars is the entry for authoritarianism. With the full implementation of driverless cars, those who enjoy driving cars or even long-distance family road trips will be outlawed due the risk involved, as reflected in the safety statistics you cited. Or even worse, restriction of movement for "undesirables". Jobs are less of a concern, as with the advent of new technology, jobs lost are always replaced by new different ones, proven time and time again throughout history.

[@RayceJacobson]

Hopefully they make these sensors a lot less ugly. The way they have them mounted looks hard on the eyes

[@23Butanedione]

Yeah that's in the top 10 problems that need addressing for sure

[@RayceJacobson]

@@23Butanedione it IS a problem that needs addressing. If it's ugly, people are less likely to buy it. Presentation is everything, as people say. Also, if it's easy to get at, it's easy to break as some vandal demonstrated in the video. They need to seamlessly integrate into the body of the car so it looks good and it's secure

[@PushingThroughThePain]

Now if only AI can bring us the ever so elusive flying car...

[@EmperorTyrael]

Nope. There would be endless fearmongering that flying cars just gonna make it easy for terrorist to 9/11 everything.

[@GS-zc4sk]

What we really need is teleportation. You know, where they take your DNA and every atom of your body is broken down into a data stream. That will really save time! And the planet too!

[@MoonLiteNite]

We have it, the problem is all the requirements for a "Car" + requirements for "plane" in USA would both have to be met at the same time. So they are VERY VERY VERY VERY pricey and very very very shitty to use. source: i been in 2 different ones.

[@kerbalairforce8802]

Cars make bad planes, and planes make bad cars.

[@ThirtytwoJ]

Get a paraglider or motorized hang glider. Been debating that and wiring in a heated motorcycle suit. Open source tech of course

[@jakebrakebill]

when will we see a report on the cancer rate of riders ?

[@KwisatzHaderach77]

Everything @JohnStossel puts out is QUALITY. Investigative Journalism with integrity keep on my friend!

[@PeopleAlreadyDidThis]

The only crashes occurred when humans ran into the self driving cars. With its huge battery of sensors, why did the self-driver allow itself to be hit? My 48th driving anniversary comes in a few months. I’ve avoided or evaded all crashes in that time-even when I was not moving. Yes, some of that is chance. No, that’s not a common record for many drivers. Yet I still outscore the driverless sensormobiles. We have DUI losses because we tolerate the behavior, not because humans as a whole are incapable of doing better. We also license drivers as if driving is a right, not a privilege, and we demand almost no training or skill in advance, nor do we ever again require a check ride once the license is issued. And there lies my biggest concern: what skills we have are steadily replaced by technology. It’s been said that 250 years ago, 96% of people were farmers. Now 1% are farmers. Food production is concentrated within such a small fraction of the population. Likewise, skill after skill is concentrating in the hands of a small population of software people. In either case, what could possibly go wrong, and what does this take away from people?

[@Romogi]

I would rather have a robotaxi. I don't have to pay maintenance or look for parking. And it will be cheaper than a taxi with a person it. Also, my disabled brother could go more places on his own.

[@Badger1776]

What’s the point in being human if everything is done for us. Stop this madness. Let us live.

[@burgers8]

What a ludicrous statement. Is taking public transit not part of the human experience because you aren't controlling the vehicle you are riding in? Or is any automated convenience negatively impacting your life?

[@prime12602]

“Let us live” more people die bc of us human driving compared to robots lmao.

[@rickys6770]

Everything works great when it is new. But wait until these cars are 8 years old and rusty. It's not too bad when your wipers quit working but a disaster when your steering sensors quit working.

[@stanktatiousd7732]

Only 6,000 traffic fatalities from falling asleep behind the wheel? In damn near EVERY vehicle accident, whether it be hitting a tree or another person, sleep deprivation or fatigue is involved. It’s just damn near impossible to gauge those numbers since it’s so many. I’ve spoke with a number of EMT’s and asked how often people claimed “tiredness” was behind them getting into an accident or causing one. Almost every, single one. I haven’t gotten a response that was less than 80%. I genuinely look forward to the days when humans are no longer driving. I’ve lost a good handful of family members to falling asleep behind the wheel of a vehicle after leaving work. I’ve experienced far more traffic fatalities linked to exhausted drivers than DUI’s. No defense to DUI’s but they are, at least, equal evils

[@mikevenson7818]

How does it handle a tire blow out at highway speeds? Can an avoid road debris that can cause a loss of control situation can make an invasive maneuver at highway speeds? And I would like for someone to explain to me why commercial airplanes. Even though they have auto pilots still require pilots. And even they'll trains around tracks still require multiple conductors inside the vehicle. On an individual car that has to deal with all these different situations can be driverless.

[@callak_9974]

I think you mean "evasive" there. As to airplanes, perhaps because there's a shortage of pilots and they are rather expensive to pay? Everything is about money in the end.

[@darthhodges]

Commercial plane auto pilot doesn't do anything more than cruise control. It maintains speed, direction, and altitude. It can't evade a storm, another aircraft, or other hazard. They defenitely can't land or take off. We know it's possible to have pilotless aircraft as the military already uses them. But airlines and air freight companies don't have access to an equivalent technology yet, let alone permission from the government to use it.

[@dwayne7356]

What if a Zeppelin was filled with the wrong kind of gas? It kill lighter than air transportation and due to innovations from World War II, Zeppelins didn't move on.

[@alexmendez3681]

Haha yes. I was thinking the same thing. What an idiot. Why would he use that as an example. Hahaha.

[@bryanutility9609]

@@alexmendez3681there’s this high risk invention called “pressurized hydrogen cars” 😂

[@Brett636]

@@alexmendez3681he is desperate to try to gain acceptance of an industry he stands to become very rich from.

[@davidmihevc3990]

That was a stupid analogy.

[@carlh2266]

I enjoy driving. I’m a car enthusiast! I’m a hot-rodder! Not driving would take that away. I’m also 57 years old. I support technology and automated driving. I would love it on long trips.

[@mastring1966]

the problem with people attacking cars in The People's Republik of Kalifornia is that they know there's zero consequences to them if they do. If they can get found out, the DA will just let them go, but that's assuming that the police care enough to figure out who they are. They don't bother trying to find and arrest and jail the huge number of thieves that steal from cars. so why would they bother with the occasional moron who's attacking a driverless car.

[@AndyFromm]

I'd rather drive myself

[@MrSky10101]

You are a dinosaur

[@carolineschisler22]

Same

[@stevexnycautomotive]

That will become a dangerous task. Humans are becoming subjects of drugs and confusion from croupt decision. We have no choice. There will be laws to protect humans and embrace AI.

[@Subject_Keter]

Some people get through Drive school the china method.

[@KAZVorpal]

I'd rather have the choice. The big danger is the statists eventually banning human drivers, because they are more dangerous. Well, the REAL reason will be to control where you're allowed to go, of course.

[@forever0forever]

Comparing the first light bulb or airplane to a driverless car is insane.

[@Borutonakkuru]

I like the idea of self driving cars, I worry about how it could be used though. So long as we're still allowed to drive and operate cars ourselves, I think it'd be fine, but the big fear is that government would begin to demand everyone use these cars, or that all new cars be produced as driverless to ensure a total conversion

[@adny02]

Just hire a technician to travel with the driverless 18 wheelers. they can sleep in the cabin. problem solved. Ever since the 90s i've been wishing for driverless cars. except i imagined them being for personal use, not as a taxi service. I would love to end a tiring day of work. so tired i can barely stay awake. call my car that's at home and say "pick me up". The car revs up, get on the road, shows up to my job, I get in and say "home" and sleep in the back seat while the car do the rest... I WANT THIS NOW!!

[@taffdaddy1291]

I hope this is never allowed. Putting computers behind the wheel of car is the same as putting that AI behind a weapon that will kill people.

[@quercusrubra777]

How do the AI cars function in snowy, or rainy weather? I would think the snow and rain might confuse the sensors.

[@Alpha-ro8sc]

Other vehicles painted blue as well. The sensors read them as the sky.

[@quercusrubra777]

@@Alpha-ro8sc ,good point.

[@ob1n]

Love Stossel and his truth! My ONLY concern is being REQUIRED to use this tech. I want myself, and anyone, to have the freedom to choose. I'll be driving myself, thank you very much. But if you want to live as a slave to the system, that's your choice

[@jamesjohn834]

At 56 seconds into the video the driverless car cannot decide which lane to be in. Doh!