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Floptical said:
It’s not about that it’s about being in motion hitting ice and going into a slide hitting something. Reacting to everything in microseconds. I’m not down playing it’s abiltiy to process data points but I don’t see how you could program against it especially when the actions and reactions that are changing extremely quickly. It’s easy to say if A happens do B. But not as easy if A and B happen and in process of doing C process A stops and becomes D then A starts again.
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This. Computers can read many inputs, calculate a bunch of stuff quickly and generate many more simultaneous outputs than a human can.

I mean, look at ABS. I can stomp on the brakes on my car and the computer will independently bring all four wheels to the limit of traction, even if they're on different surfaces. I can't physically do that unless I have four brake pedals and four feet.
 
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gee said:
This. Computers can read many inputs, calculate a bunch of stuff quickly and generate many more simultaneous outputs than a human can.

I mean, look at ABS. I can stomp on the brakes on my car and the computer will independently bring all four wheels to the limit of traction, even if they're on different surfaces. I can't physically do that unless I have four brake pedals and four feet.
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I know people who still, to this day, claim they're such good drivers that they prefer cars without ABS because they can do it better than a computer.

In other words, I know a lot of dumb people.
 
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Floptical said:
So this morning we got some crazy freezing rain and it’s shut down the commute. It got me thinking about autonomous vechicles and questioning how they would deal with obstructions like black ice or just ice in general that you can’t really see. Anytime I’ve seen one IRL it’s always in a nicer weather city like the Valley or Vegas.
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