Reluctantly agree. Using the LT4 is the smarter choice since cadillac has proven time and again that it can’t beat the other luxury manufacturers at their own game. The LT4 puts out more than enough power and cadillac should leverage any advantage it has by being part of a much larger car company. Turbo hot-vee V8 is…

Wow. they’re expecting this to still be a problem in April? That’s like two months away!

This. I don’t care is Nissan is being petty at this point. Ghosn is a rich asshole who misappropriated more money than most of us would earn in 10 lifetimes, yet he’s living it up at home. Fuck him and fuck anyone standing up for him. He’s not your friend, he’s not vulnerable, and he’s certainly not innocent. You will…

Yeah, sure. Let’s just trust the profit-driven corporations to look out for the public’s interest in not being run down by an AV in testing. It’s inconceivable that a computer controlled 4,000lb vehicle could be dangerous without an unbiased party checking the math or limiting where these things can be aimed.

No, I’m acting like you’re a smug asshole. Oh wait, I’m sorry. Was that experience horrible? Ah shit. I’m sure the kids are saying it different. Sorry for the obsolete words. Why are we even typing words? Let’s just meme each other.

I’m saying regulation is non-existent. I’m saying that even though AVs are such a popular topic and they are being tested on our public roads and no credible plan or intention to regulate them has been even spoken about, that competent and authoritative regulation is a long, long way out. At this rate, we’ll have…

Lol! Dude, what? Humans can’t infer? Why is there a word for it? Why does the concept of inference exist if we can’t do it? Of course it’s based on known information. That’s what inference is. A computer can’t infer anything. It needs explicit instructions to identify inputs and it needs explicit instructions to make…

I think our present adoption of undeveloped self-driving tech and Tesla are prime examples of why a lot of your assumptions about how AV tech will evolve are unsubstantiated. There is no credible regulation of AV tech like there is medical devices, nor is there any credible plans to develop or implement such regulation…

any program that makes decisions based on observed information without another intelligent object choosing for them is Artificial Intelligence. it may not have the same range as a human but neither does a cat and we recognize that as intelligent.

Exactly. If we think the subscription economy for personal goods is bad, this is a whole other dimension.

No one is going to substitute a donkey for their car when personal control of a vehicle is no longer an option. Also fuck your disingenuous argument that humans did just fine for 99.9% of their existence without piloting cars. Do you mean all of that time before the industrial revolution? Because I’m not going back to…

That’s just a fancy way of making driving impractical for anyone they want. They can pick any reason or no reason at all to jack up the rates on non-autonomous cars. Again, you will not be immune to this proposal regardless of you willingness or ability to pilot a vehicle safely. Let’s see how much you like your plan…

Yeah I don’t understand why people don’t focus on the personal freedom aspect of a shift to AVs. Call me paranoid, but I don’t want to give that much control over to something I ultimately have no control over. Maybe people in a couple of generations won’t care, but I do.

it’s going to be safer because that’s how technology works, just look at the changes to safety tech the last 10 years, fatalities down across the board while number of drivers has remained high.

Lol! You think they will just replace the lower tiers? Let’s see how enthusiastic you are about this when it’s you who aren’t given a choice whether to drive. I think you’ll find giving up someone else’s freedom is easier than your own.

And to bring it all around, personal automobiles are consumer products. Therefore, AVs will not be programmed to your illustrated level of faultlessness. Therefore, AVs will always be shit.

Even the term “artificial intelligence” is misleading, because what those computers are doing is in no way like what we understand as “intelligence.” AI is maybe “simulated intelligence” at best, because what it’s really doing is using all kinds of algorithmic and brute-force methods to achieve results similar to…

Agreed. His comment reeks of smug disdain for something he probably was never that good at. He obviously has a hard time finding satisfaction in doing something like driving a manual car well, probably because he has shit coordination or can’t be bothered to move his appendages or pay attention long enough to let a…

Sounds like someone doesn’t actually like cars or driving. Just go and buy your boring car with the two pedals and the wheel that turns and you’ll be happy. Make sure you get the one that insulates you from the experience of driving the most so you aren’t exposed to all of those horrible sensations. Try not to fall…

Seriously, this.