Autonomous Vehicles: How Big a Deal?
“The car drove us around downtown London, which is one of the most challenging driving environments imaginable, and it was a bit surreal to be in the car as it dodged all the traffic,” Gates said.
According to what Bill Gates said in a recent interview quoted above, he believes that the “tipping point” for autonomous vehicles will happen within 10 years.
That’s worth a few minutes’ thought, isn’t it?
Today, the paradigm for personal vehicular travel is shifting from car ownership to ride-hailing. Increasingly, young people are rejecting the idea of car ownership, and many are even uninterested in getting a drivers’ licenses.
OK, so what’s the difference between getting in the back seat of a car driven by a human being and one piloted by a robot?
Environmentalists are more concerned about the amount of energy consumed per mile driven, and, of course, the footprint of that energy in terms of noxious emissions.
Isn’t it time to get this back in the news?
The meme here serves as a reminder that most of the drama in our society is fabricated.
As shown below, Fox News chose to interview fraudster Rod Blagojevich, who spent eight years in prison after being found guilty on 17 counts of wire fraud and extortion, for trying to sell a vacant senate seat to the highest bidder, and demanding a kickback from a children’s hospital.
My deeply Republican mom and I were talking about the indictment last night, and she believes that it “will just fall apart.”
Trump was indicted, not indicated, but why hold him accountable for poor word use rather than attempting to overthrow the U.S. government?
I’m sure there are people all across the country whose parents watch Fox News, who are praying that their inheritances aren’t going into Trump’s pockets.
I totally agree with the author of the meme here, especially given the trend toward authoritarianism we see happening in so many countries around the globe, including our own.
Here’s a fabulous idea for the disposition of assault weapons.
