• absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    7
    ·
    16 hours ago

    Self driving cars.

    We are on the early stages currently; ignore what Tesla/musk says; in 10 - 20 years full level 5 autonomy will be common place.

    In the 80’s the Cray 1 supercomputer was made, now I have so much more computer power in my pocket its frankly ridiculous. And it’s runs on milliwatts rather than kilowatts.

    • LANIK2000@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      2 hours ago

      Honestly not convinced, we’ve been promised self driving cars for almost a decade and we unearthed way more problems than ways of getting closer. And honestly, there are soo many situations where even I’m not sure what the correct course of action would be, so I’m not holding my breath for an AI sourcing from our collective actions.

    • brygphilomena@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      11 hours ago

      I’m super curious how they will handle inclement weather where lanes cease to exist. And drive thrus. How will it handle a drive thru fully autonomously?

      • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        5 hours ago

        The same way we do.

        Slow down; drive by feel; look to the sides for trees, sign posts, other markers, knowing the roads.

      • Bytemeister@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        5 hours ago

        Real answer…

        GPS accurate enough to tell the car where the lanes are.

        Drive thru wouldn’t be too bad, it’s essentially stop and go traffic. Plus, when full autonomy happens, drive thrus will become less common. You can just pre-order your food while the car is driving you to the restaurant. The restaurant will tell the car how long the food will take, and what parking spot to use. Then your car will tell the restaurant your ETA, and notify them exactly when you arrive. Food is waiting, so you just grab the bag and go.

      • jacksilver@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        7 hours ago

        Yeah the issue with predictions around things like autonomous vehicles is it assumes tech advancements will flow in one direction/domain. There are still serious limitations of current AI systems in regards to autonomous vehicles and the next breakthrough may not be one relevant to that domain.

        Its certainly possible, but we’ve basically been on the current autonomous vehicle hype for about 10 years already.