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MindPilot

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33. That is my guess. I work where some of this stuff is being developed.

Reply to longship (Reply #30)

Tue Oct 6, 2015, 08:16 PM

Oct 2015

But see, that is the neat thing about a technology such as this, other than a place to put the tires, no infrastructure required.

Self-driving cars are a real viable technology now, so no delusion is required. It is a matter of refining the sensor technology and software to get reliable operation in less-than-optimal conditions.

In a few years the guy who shows up with your fuel oil, may be there just to do the pumping. The truck got there on its own.

Hey, it's almost October 21st, 2015; even the hover cars in Back to the Future still needed drivers.

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