Matt Honan, who’s at Buzzfeed these days, got to go for a ride in a Google car.
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“A future without human drivers is a long, long way off. But we’ll get there. No matter what you think. No matter what you hope. No matter how you feel about it. Because the efficient, unemotional, necessary logic of cars that operate without human error and instability is unquestionable.”
Matt further explains how the Google cars, now with a combined 3 million driving miles under their belts, are sharing the same brain and, in essence, learn from each other’s mistakes. While that sounds creepy, I am all for self-driving cars. In the past week alone, I’ve seen a driver do her makeup on the freeway and another driver shaving while blowing through an intersection. Setting aside the legions of bad drivers, wouldn’t it be nice if you could spend your commute time getting some work done or (even better) taking a nap? Once all this sorts out, sign me up.
(Thanks Daring Fireball for pointing me at the linked article.)