self-driving cars
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You’re Totally Going Have Sex In Self-Driving Cars, Scientists Predict
If humans are dependable for anything, it’s discovering new ways to get horny over new tech. And according to a new report, self-driving will really get people riled up.
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Self-Driving Cars Can’t Choose Who To Kill Yet, But People Already Have A Lot Of Opinions
That people would generally prefer to minimise casualties in a hypothetical autonomous car crash has been found to be true in past research, but what happens when people are presented with more complex scenarios? And what happens when autonomous vehicles must choose between two scenarios in which at least one individual could die? Who might…
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Of Course Semi-Autonomous Systems Can Fail
We’ve aired our grievances about the fallibility of semi-autonomous driving features again and again, and a new study out this week confirms the fact: Cars with driver-assist systems that include things like lane-keep and auto-steering and braking may not see stopped vehicles. Worse, they could even steer you into a crash.
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This Story Of A German Engineer Who Made An Autonomous Mercedes Van In 1986 Is Fascinating
Ernst Dickmann’s autonomous Mercedes van in the 1980sScreenshot: Computer History Museum (YouTube) Besides a few of the minor, current examples of driverless cars cruising around cities like Phoenix, we’re still decades away, if ever, from a full-fledged takeover of autonomous vehicles on public streets. The achievements that have been made to date, however, can be…