I rise in opposition to that line of thinking. While code writing may indeed, at some future date, become "without flaw", it is presently far from that level of perfection.
Then... to truly succeed at this undertaking, you must also build physical components that convert electrical signals to mechanical actions and NEVER FAIL, or, work in perfect harmony with second and third backup mechanical/electrical components that operate and "backup fail safe", with ZERO loss of control while shifting from component #1 to #2, to #3, et al. The code must recognize the need to shed and shift from failed components, without fail. Then, the ultimate backup system needs to tattoo the occupants with their Darwin Award, and electronically instantly file for said Darwin Award, just prior to deadly failure. The entire mindset of autonomous cars depends on the lack of ability of humans to firmly be in control of their own actions and be held responsible for them. Which is in total conflict with my personal belief system. On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 1:27 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > <snip> > > > Me thinks that autonomous cars are a fool's errand, and the cost will be > so > > stinkin' high for anything that comes close to human performance that > very > > few people will be able to afford them. > > > > I don't think bar is too high to be exceeded, at least for most of the > drivers I observe . . . > Once the code is written, it costs almost nothing to replicate in volume. > > -- > OK Don > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
