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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Something something torment nexus.

If only there were a way to link up a bunch of trailers on wheels, but they could have their own road, next to the one for cars. Theoretically, it would only take a couple of people to operate such a vehicle, because the road would have rails. But alas, no such thing exists

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

But then a philosopher could operate a switch between two moral dilemmas, do you really want /that/ reality.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Nope sorry that's impossible.

Instead the roads will be filled with hallucinating death machines.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Something something torment nexus.

Or

Torment Nexus - Keep on Truckin' Edition

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Edit

Or

Torment Nexus Mobile

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah, or we could just stick em on a normal road

Call it a road train

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

2014: "By next year we will have fully autonomous driving"

2015: "By next year we will have fully autonomous driving"

2016: "By next year we will have fully autonomous driving"

2017: "By next year we will have fully autonomous driving"

...

2024: "Within 3 or 4 years we will have fully autonomous driving"

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

With how strange reality's been lately I could see this being the Skynet we actually get.

Think you can just nuke them while they recharge on commandeered solar? Good luck, they've dogpiled the silo magic-conch-shell

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

roads rendered occasionally inoperable by roving bands of unmanned semitrucks that got disconnected from the hivemind rocketing around?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

With no accountability, accidents become a social cost, which the government is ultimately responsible for. Inaction is negligence.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There was a company that was already running automated semis between exits iirc. They did a deal with Budweiser at one point.

Google says it was Otto.

https://money.cnn.com/2016/10/25/technology/otto-budweiser-self-driving-truck/index.html

There was also a competitor that intended to use remote drivers for the complicated parts of the trips. I'm sure that'll go well.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Self driving trucks but they have to be escorted by someone in a car, but that's cheaper because they don't have to have a CDL, and you innovate by connecting multiple trailers onto the truck in a row so you basically have Uber drivers piloting Australian road trains.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

the car is also self-driving, there's only one person in the car and they're expected to take over the self-driving car and the self-driving truck if needed because hey, what are the odds that both self-driving features will fail at the same time?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There was also a competitor that intended to use remote drivers for the complicated parts of the trips. I'm sure that'll go well.

Genius, it's not like the complicated parts tend to be mountainous with poor connectivity or anything.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

this is a terrible idea even in ideal conditions, anyone who's played a videogame can tell you that it's easy to crash driving with wireless latency.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Remote drivers seem even worse than an AI would be. Imagine is the internet connection is spotty.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

But think of the savings! Lol.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Fast & the Furious 1 type situation where they open the back of these trucks on a highway to loot the valuable Blu-ray players inside with no resistance from the AI.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's a Stephen King short story about all the trucks "waking up" and going on killing sprees. It's called... wait for it...

spoilerTrucks

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

lmao Hollywood really picking up his editors' slack renaming that Maximum Overdrive

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

One might have thought self driving trains would have been an easier project

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Within three or four years,...

Next year it will be "three or four years" too.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

He's been too distracted with all the good news Governor Noem has been publishing about her dogs.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If they were using Chinese tech, I’d honestly trust it a lot more. Their self driving is so far ahead of anything else I’ve seen.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Nah I wouldn't even trust Chinese tech to do this. You shouldn't be automating semi trucks, full stop.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The year is 2030, burgerlanders are rarely seen on the roads. Roving gangs of autonomous trucks rampage about any paved roadway and crush anything that the AI recognizes as organic. The people hide in fear when convoys come to town to deliver their treats, quickly gather them when they are dispensed, and scatter like cockroaches in the light. In their hovels, they cherish the fine quality wares from China, and quietly coo to themselves "thank you Jeff Bezos, thank you Ronald Reagan, thank you John Wayne... thank you for our... freedoms". agony-deep

[–] coffeejoe 4 points 1 year ago

They should keep the self driving portions of any road vehicle physically separate from any remotely accessible portion. We don’t need to make giant r/c cars and trucks a normal thing all over the place. Imagine them moving as a swarm. That’s a lot of power with too little oversight.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Simpsons did it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

it's called a train

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago