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Tuesday, 28 January 2025

Going for a drive

 

5 comments:

Sam Vega said...

If I was that first guy who had a flight to catch, I'd want to have a little think about the autopilot before boarding.

A K Haart said...

Sam - so would I, and check if they have to switch the plane off then back on again if it gets an upgrade while in the air.

Peter MacFarlane said...

Some time ago I had a bet with a friend that genuinely self-driving cars wouldn’t exist in our lifetimes. So far it’s looking good.

Anonymous said...

You can't just switch the engine off!?

A K Haart said...

Peter - some videos of Tesla self-driving are impressive, but they are usually on main roads and the driver always has to be ready to touch the steering wheel. A pity I reckon, because driving has become fairly tedious.

Anon - I wonder about that whenever these runaway stories crop up. Surely there is a kill switch of some kind which bypasses the self-driving software.