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on Friday July 10 2020, @07:39AM
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Tesla 'very close' to full self-driving, Musk says:
Tesla will be able to make its vehicles completely autonomous by the end of this year, founder Elon Musk has said.
It was already "very close" to achieving the basic requirements of this "level-five" autonomy, which requires no driver input, he said.
Tesla's current, level-two Autopilot requires the driver to remain alert and ready to act, with hands on the wheel.
But a future software update could activate level-five autonomy in the cars - with no new hardware, he said.
Regulatory hurdles could block implementation even if the remaining technical hurdles are overcome.
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Elon Musk Says Full Self-Driving Tesla Tech "Very Close"
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(Score: 2) by fraxinus-tree on Friday July 10 2020, @08:23AM (6 children)
The good thing is that the driving license soon will not be considered a necessity and a lot of substandard drivers could be deprived of it without making them a substandard citizens.
OTOH, it will be gradually made mandatory before reaching the abilities of the average driver.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DannyB on Friday July 10 2020, @02:23PM (5 children)
This is actually a global problem. Calling for a global solution. Self driving cars would gradually appear globally. Thus driver licenses could globally disappear -- requiring a new mandatory global identification system. For your safety!
Also for your safety, suppose the car knows the identify of every person in the vehicle. There would be no need for the police state to pull vehicles over in order to determine who is in the vehicle and whether they have any warrants. There would be no reason to pull over self driven vehicles, with all occupants identities known, other than for the amusement of the police.
If the benevolent older male sibling ("big brother") could constantly know the whereabouts of every single person on Earth, imagine how glorious it would be. It would enable queries such as: "Computer, locate Wesley Crusher."
No more high speed chases. Vehicles would pull over for police at their slightest whim.
People would only think good thoughts and nobody would question the benevolence of the state.
When trying to solve a problem don't ask who suffers from the problem, ask who profits from the problem.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 10 2020, @02:33PM (1 child)
Yes however the police will be gone by then because BLM.
(Score: 2) by fraxinus-tree on Monday July 20 2020, @07:27AM
Yeah. There will be only a secret police.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 11 2020, @04:25AM
mobile phones already solve this problem for the "benevolent older male sibling"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 11 2020, @01:49PM
It's a miracle that some people can still function in the world. If you need your privacy that badly, it's a fetish. Like killing all the germs or not seeing adverts in every possible place. The world is not here to satisfy your fetish.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Sunday July 12 2020, @05:39AM
>This is actually a global problem. Calling for a global solution.
Every time I hear this phrase I reach for my revolver. Unfortunately I don't own one.
Take a hypothetical dangerous virus. It is a global problem, the solution can perfectly be local. In fact the mayor of a place who simply closed up the streets in and out his town and quarantined/sanitized the incoming people/stuff dealt with 0 cases. Meanwhile the global solution embodied by the OMS, CAUSED AVOIDABLE AND INHUMAN DEATHS AND QUICKENED AN ECONOMIC COLLAPSE.
The phrase is a slogan. The solutions are effective or ineffective, sustainable or unsustainable. Whether they are global or not is relevant only to those wanting to exercise power. If you're not one of them, do not advocate them KTHXBYE
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