Within a few years, fully self-driving cars have gone from science fiction to a very common reality for people in San Francisco with other places in the U.S. also testing the new technology. With innovations often come unintended consequences—one of which is the massive collection of data required...
  • southsamuraiEnglish
    3•1 year ago

    Hell, regular cars have turned into surveillance tools. It’s bullshit

    • LeoOPMEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Really. GPS built-in and no way to turn it off. Apps that track your phone AND your car… It ain’t great.

  • @[email protected]English
    1•1 year ago

    I don’t have any interest in self-driving cars. I feel like if you can’t be bothered to pay attention while driving you just shouldn’t be driving.

    • @hypelightflyEnglish
      4•1 year ago

      To be fair, if you’re riding in a self driving car you aren’t driving.

      • @[email protected]English
        0•1 year ago

        While I agree with you, that’s partially my point. Cars should never be left to AI to drive around all by itself. Even if you aren’t actually driving you still should be paying attention in case you need to manually override.

    • LeoOPMEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Once they’re fully autonomous, maybe. Until then, the little auto-correct type features are good enough, but certainly not the “self” driving of today.