XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: jclarkeusenet@cox.net   
      
   In article , chrysicat@gmail.com says...   
   >   
   > On 1/23/2014 5:14 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   > > In article , rex   
   > >  wrote:   
   > [snip]   
   > >   
   > >>> Then there are facts like many roads simply not having markings for the   
   > >>> computer to see, or having duplicate markings where the road has been   
   > >>> changed for some reason.   
   > >>   
   > >> But with those, the computer can use the database   
   > >> and knows how the road should be marked.   
   > >   
   > > Again, a MASSIVE task to try and keep it updated. What's the point in   
   > > having a car that can drive itself, when you then have to relgate   
   > > millions of people to doing boring and pointless data entry.   
   > >   
   > Did you say 'data entry'? Wow...I could have a job again! It's really   
   > not that boring for some people...folks like me were capable of doing it   
   > virtually on autopilot!   
      
   Humans don't need a "database" to get from point a to point b in a car.   
   Why would the car?  The only way that self-driving cars are ever going   
   to be viable is if they can navigate using the same cues that humans do.   
      
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