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stonks-down Isn't this the big selling point of the bazingamobiles?

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[–] Soot@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

How long have 'actually' self-driving cars been 5-10 years away now? A car I can get in, plug an arbitrary destination, and go to sleep in? I'm still waiting on the widespread admission that executive thinking and reasoning (still exclusive to humans) is a necessary part of driving. Even self-driving taxis only operate on incredibly limited routes, require constant human intervention, and constant manually updated information, just to function normally.

(..and for how many centuries have trains been the solution to 'a car you don't need to drive'?) train-shining