I'll never use or ride in a self driving car. That is technology gone mad. For it to be a top defensive driver, which requires an intelligent visual observation of what's going on far ahead and around the car, is just a techie dream.
Of course Google is only pushing same to spy on you and to alert you to their advertisers you are passing by !
What we need now is more car collision avoidance devices, like the forward speed control on closing device.
Whether or not Google is behind it, I believe it'll be normal within 50 years, and mandatory in urban centers by 2100. Highways and cars will communicate wirelessly, and it could eliminate the need for stop signs (the computer controlled car would just go through it if there was no cross traffic or pedestrians). The only time you'd have to take the wheel is parking and out on the interstates.
Whether or not Google is behind it, I believe it'll be normal within 50 years, and mandatory in urban centers by 2100. Highways and cars will communicate wirelessly, and it could eliminate the need for stop signs (the computer controlled car would just go through it if there was no cross traffic or pedestrians). The only time you'd have to take the wheel is parking and out on the interstates.
I believe it'll hapoen a lot faster than 50 years off. No more than 30 years, by my estimation. Remember, Ray Kurzweil's calculations on the arrival of the Singularity and Moore's Law mark 2045 as a watershed date, but prior to that driverless cars, trucks and planes will be thoroughly embedded in the fabric of nearly all societies. Insurers and governments seeking constant monitoring of all people will demand it.
My fear of the highway speeds is if there is some hiccup in the system or the vehicle. People would have override capability, but they are not going to be paying attention when things go afoul. Such as the traffic waves. Computers would very likely, with proper programming/rules, do a better job than a human at avoiding a collision. Just that additional risk at high speeds.
Eventually, driver-less cars will be ubiquitous. 25 years? 50 years? But, we could easily see those Google cars in 5 years taking us around town at slow speeds. In a sense, that's what people would be very comfortable with.
I believe in that time frame, we will see that in urban areas, cars and roads will intelligently coordinate to manage traffic flow. Think of all the times accidents or heavily merging traffic causes freeways to come to a crawl. Out on the open highway (say between cities), your car would switch to GPS + visual/radar mode. I imagine you could still take the wheel and require a drivers license, but the on roads with "driving assist" (or whatever the system is called), you could let the car drive. At some point, people driving cars without compatible systems would not be allowed to use those roads--but the switchover could take 10 to 20 years from the time of first deployment.
I believe it'll hapoen a lot faster than 50 years off. No more than 30 years, by my estimation. Remember, Ray Kurzweil's calculations on the arrival of the Singularity and Moore's Law mark 2045 as a watershed date, but prior to that driverless cars, trucks and planes will be thoroughly embedded in the fabric of nearly all societies. Insurers and governments seeking constant monitoring of all people will demand it.
You are probably right. I would revise down my estimate so that mass adoption is completed by 2050, not 2100. We will start to see more "smart cars" by the end of this decade. Road systems will follow.
I believe it'll hapoen a lot faster than 50 years off. No more than 30 years, by my estimation. Remember, Ray Kurzweil's calculations on the arrival of the Singularity and Moore's Law mark 2045 as a watershed date, but prior to that driverless cars, trucks and planes will be thoroughly embedded in the fabric of nearly all societies. Insurers and governments seeking constant monitoring of all people will demand it.
One thing I always warn people about when it comes to envisioning the future of technology is to try to envision how culture will also evolve both independently and as a result of technology changes. I then use the example of those 1950's "Homes of Tomorrow." They almost always show the traditional family with the housewife having more time on her hands for relaxing.
I have to think that all those data centers that Apple is building has to be doing more than just handling everyone's iCloud accounts. I think Apple really is stealthily aggregating everything, and when it's polished... will bring Google to its knees. I'll be a very happy AAPL person when that day comes.
If Apple was building a search engine, we would know about immediately because the crawler would show up in the logs.
Out of curiosity, has Google done this same kind of backstab to any other companies besides Apple and Uber? Is this definitely a pattern at this point that Uber should have seen coming or is Uber only the second victim?
Whether or not Google is behind it, I believe it'll be normal within 50 years, and mandatory in urban centers by 2100. Highways and cars will communicate wirelessly, and it could eliminate the need for stop signs (the computer controlled car would just go through it if there was no cross traffic or pedestrians). The only time you'd have to take the wheel is parking and out on the interstates.
Self driving cars are much more likely for parking and out on the interstates.
Some cars now park themselves and there has been announced a highway trial in Europe.
Gatorguy will soon explain it is all quite Ok and above board (pun intended).:D
LOL... So I did some reading about it.
When Google was asked to comment they said the app that's causing such a ruckus is not an Uber competitor. It's one created by a Google engineer to assist Google employees in using car-pooling for work.
When Google was asked to comment they said the app that's causing such a ruckus is not an Uber competitor. It's one created by a Google engineer to assist Google employees in using car-pooling for work.
Nothing to see here folks, move along...
Good to hear. I can imagine Google big wigs are far too busy trying to fathom out why iOS 8 adoption rate is at 72% while Android Lollipop distribution is at a mere 1.6% to try to steal yet another company's IP.
I've now done some reading about this and it turns out that it is not a web crawler for search engine purposes since it is not capturing any images, CSS or JS which is what it would need to do to compete with Google. Instead it is only indexing the html code which some speculate is designed to enhance Siri search relevance when she says "Here's what I found on the web."
I've now done some reading about this and it turns out that it is not a web crawler for search engine purposes since it is not capturing any images, CSS or JS which is what it would need to do to compete with Google. Instead it is only indexing the html code which some speculate is designed to enhance Siri search relevance when she says "Here's what I found on the web."
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Whether or not Google is behind it, I believe it'll be normal within 50 years, and mandatory in urban centers by 2100. Highways and cars will communicate wirelessly, and it could eliminate the need for stop signs (the computer controlled car would just go through it if there was no cross traffic or pedestrians). The only time you'd have to take the wheel is parking and out on the interstates.
I believe it'll hapoen a lot faster than 50 years off. No more than 30 years, by my estimation. Remember, Ray Kurzweil's calculations on the arrival of the Singularity and Moore's Law mark 2045 as a watershed date, but prior to that driverless cars, trucks and planes will be thoroughly embedded in the fabric of nearly all societies. Insurers and governments seeking constant monitoring of all people will demand it.
I believe in that time frame, we will see that in urban areas, cars and roads will intelligently coordinate to manage traffic flow. Think of all the times accidents or heavily merging traffic causes freeways to come to a crawl. Out on the open highway (say between cities), your car would switch to GPS + visual/radar mode. I imagine you could still take the wheel and require a drivers license, but the on roads with "driving assist" (or whatever the system is called), you could let the car drive. At some point, people driving cars without compatible systems would not be allowed to use those roads--but the switchover could take 10 to 20 years from the time of first deployment.
You are probably right. I would revise down my estimate so that mass adoption is completed by 2050, not 2100. We will start to see more "smart cars" by the end of this decade. Road systems will follow.
One thing I always warn people about when it comes to envisioning the future of technology is to try to envision how culture will also evolve both independently and as a result of technology changes. I then use the example of those 1950's "Homes of Tomorrow." They almost always show the traditional family with the housewife having more time on her hands for relaxing.
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If Apple was building a search engine, we would know about immediately because the crawler would show up in the logs.
Out of curiosity, has Google done this same kind of backstab to any other companies besides Apple and Uber? Is this definitely a pattern at this point that Uber should have seen coming or is Uber only the second victim?
Are you joking with that comment, or were you also not reading tech news when you weren't posting here during your medical leave?
Self driving cars are much more likely for parking and out on the interstates.
Some cars now park themselves and there has been announced a highway trial in Europe.
LOL... So I did some reading about it.
When Google was asked to comment they said the app that's causing such a ruckus is not an Uber competitor. It's one created by a Google engineer to assist Google employees in using car-pooling for work.
Nothing to see here folks, move along...
Good to hear. I can imagine Google big wigs are far too busy trying to fathom out why iOS 8 adoption rate is at 72% while Android Lollipop distribution is at a mere 1.6% to try to steal yet another company's IP.
If Apple was building a search engine, we would know about immediately because the crawler would show up in the logs.
Are you joking with that comment, or were you also not reading tech news when you weren't posting here during your medical leave?
I've now done some reading about this and it turns out that it is not a web crawler for search engine purposes since it is not capturing any images, CSS or JS which is what it would need to do to compete with Google. Instead it is only indexing the html code which some speculate is designed to enhance Siri search relevance when she says "Here's what I found on the web."
Ah, that makes sense. Thanks.