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cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts) Wed May 27, 2015, 05:47 PM May 2015

Watch this self-driving car park itself... [View all]

right underneath the pedestrians. Apparently, the anti-pedestrian-killing feature costs extra, and these people neglected to pay for it. Self-driving trucks you say? I'm thinking... maybe in a generation or two?

It's kinda graphic.

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Watch this self-driving car park itself... [View all] cherokeeprogressive May 2015 OP

Maybe she meant to do that, like Christine n/t DawgHouse May 2015 #1

Ha. The part we didn't see is where the dent left by the guy's forehead pops out all by itself. n/t cherokeeprogressive May 2015 #2

First, its supposed to be testing pedestrian detection, and second, that's not installed.. Humanist_Activist May 2015 #3

I know, right? cherokeeprogressive May 2015 #4

The point being that the fault in this situation is human error, not machine malfunction. Humanist_Activist May 2015 #5

When this technology is fully embraced, do you think any of it will be hackable? cherokeeprogressive May 2015 #6

Anything with a computer in it is hackable, the question is how robust the security can be... Humanist_Activist May 2015 #7