Useless Technology!

[Deleted member 28740]

Self driving cars. I can not understand the why. Loved racing go carts, and touring on motorcycles and bikes and on foot. Bubble in control F*ck NO.

 

[Ronin]

I love this thread though. :hilarious:

I'm happy that tech exists, I mean it's useful to someone, somewhere, & clearly it's also good for a bunch of PTSDers and shitton laughs, so that's also useful.

 

[mary1979]

:bored:what about those thermo thingos?
2 grand!
and for what?

a blender, mincer, grater chopper thing ALL IN ONE?
I already got one of those, didn't cost me 2 grand. Its called a knife.

BUT WAIT! There's more!
you cant blow your face off with a knife can you

 

[Deleted member 28740]

What would a chauffeur do in the Rolls Royce self driving car? Open doors and pick up after the corgis. Get the drunks home safe, no one at fault, it was the wiring.

 

[Deleted member 28740]

Tesla driver dies while using autopilot " mode "

Statistics and human survival a tech race to spare parts.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/30/tesla-autopilot-death-self-driving-car-elon-musk

[Tesla] goes on to say that the car’s autonomous software is designed to nudge consumers to keep their hands on the wheels to make sure they’re paying attention. “Autopilot is getting better all the time, but it is not perfect and still requires the driver to remain alert,” the company said...

The appeal of the technology is obvious. And Tesla isn’t wrong when it says that statistically, vehicles driving themselves have a much better safety record than ones driven by humans.

But the Tesla accident offers the first test of how consumers will react when reminded that they are putting their lives in the hands of computer code when they turn over control of the wheel.