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   Rod Speed to All   
   Re: cases where SF has predicted scienti   
   25 Jan 14 17:47:46   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   "Robert A. Woodward"  wrote in message   
   news:robertaw-CA2D9C.22005124012014@news.individual.net...   
   > In article ,   
   > Walter Bushell  wrote:   
   >   
   >> In article <240120140855359808%YourName@YourISP.com>,   
   >>  Your Name  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > Without massive amount of expensive changes to the roading system and /   
   >> > or a sudden, and currently immpssible, increase in the functionality of   
   >> > "artificial intelligence", there's no way to stop the cars going the   
   >> > wrong way down a one-way street (as one example) simply because Google   
   >> > Maps told them to.   
   >>   
   >> Or more spectacularly on the wrong side of a limited access highway at   
   >> high speed. Anyway human drivers manage both.   
   >   
   > Usually when drunk (also, usually at night). I wonder how well an   
   > self-driving car's cameras can "see" traffic signs in low light   
   > conditions.   
      
   Undoubtedly better than human drivers can.   
      
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