Drones are making deliveries.

You know what's the funny thing about airplanes? 99% of the time those things fly on autopilot. They could even do it 100%, but then there are ethical problems that imo aren't needed.
 
we don't have to though, as there are always options for non-automatic

like when you go to the grocery store - there are self-checkout things, and then there are still regular cashiers for when the self-checkout things fail (which happens a lot)
 
LakantatheQlaus said:
You know what's the funny thing about airplanes? 99% of the time those things fly on autopilot. They could even do it 100%, but then there are ethical problems that imo aren't needed.
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I thought they weren't capable of landing
 
I think your fear of "buggy" machines may be overblown. Machines are better at calculating and controlling the car rather than a human that may use his emotions to drive or the human gets distracted and she ends up crashing.
 
Chuck Ballymoo said:
Little Drones in the near future, according to Amazon, are going to make deliveries to people's houses in the near future. Do you like or dislike the idea?
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Muh. I'd much rather have drones selling people things than killing innocent civilians.

Drones creep my out in general but that's just a personal opinion.
 
Misty said:
Chuck Ballymoo said:
Little Drones in the near future, according to Amazon, are going to make deliveries to people's houses in the near future. Do you like or dislike the idea?
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Muh. I'd much rather have drones selling people things than killing innocent civilians.

Drones creep my out in general but that's just a personal opinion.
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You shouldn't be scared of drones. Drones are essential in rescuing people from disaster-struck areas and also in scientific study. I think fear of drones has been overhyped.
 
Duskull said:
LakantatheQlaus said:
You know what's the funny thing about airplanes? 99% of the time those things fly on autopilot. They could even do it 100%, but then there are ethical problems that imo aren't needed.
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I thought they weren't capable of landing
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Actually they are. People don't like it for some reason though.
 
Mario's Drunken Holiday Special said:
I think your fear of "buggy" machines may be overblown. Machines are better at calculating and controlling the car rather than a human that may use his emotions to drive or the human gets distracted and she ends up crashing.
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they're better at calculating but infinitely worse at improvisation and making decisions

like, when the roads are flooded (it's happened to me a couple times), i don't think a computer could easily decide whether the water was save to travel through or not. and that's assuming the computer even can tell that the road ahead is flooded and it's probably not safe to drive.

in addition, humans often have to improvise with other weather conditions such as icy roads and hail, something that while not 100% effective at, we can actually do, unlike computers.
 
Dr. Javelin said:
like, when the roads are flooded (it's happened to me a couple times), i don't think a computer could easily decide whether the water was save to travel through or not. and that's assuming the computer even can tell that the road ahead is flooded and it's probably not safe to drive.

in addition, humans often have to improvise with other weather conditions such as icy roads and hail, something that while not 100% effective at, we can actually do, unlike computers.
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Actually, I think that could be possible. You do not underestimate what technology could do. It's very possible for a car to detect rain and ice maybe via options to drive under these conditions or linking to the weather of the area you're driving in.
 
Mario's Drunken Holiday Special said:
You shouldn't be scared of drones. Drones are essential in rescuing people from disaster-struck areas and also in scientific study.
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I agree with this.
 
Dr. Javelin said:
Mario's Drunken Holiday Special said:
I think your fear of "buggy" machines may be overblown. Machines are better at calculating and controlling the car rather than a human that may use his emotions to drive or the human gets distracted and she ends up crashing.
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they're better at calculating but infinitely worse at improvisation and making decisions

like, when the roads are flooded (it's happened to me a couple times), i don't think a computer could easily decide whether the water was save to travel through or not. and that's assuming the computer even can tell that the road ahead is flooded and it's probably not safe to drive.

in addition, humans often have to improvise with other weather conditions such as icy roads and hail, something that while not 100% effective at, we can actually do, unlike computers.
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Humans are pretty bad at making decisions, especially younger and emotionally-driven drivers. If there was an obstruction, I think sensors will detect it and react appropriately. Otherwise, there is manual overhaul for failsafe measures.
 
Baby Luigi said:
Actually, I think that could be possible. You do not underestimate what technology could do.
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no, technology is not capable of improvisation. it can only do what it is pre-programmed to do.

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and if technology ever does become capable of improvisation, i'm just going to retreat to my end-of-the-world bunker before skynet/hal begins its takeover of earth
 
Dr. Javelin said:
Baby Luigi said:
Actually, I think that could be possible. You do not underestimate what technology could do.
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no, technology is not capable of improvisation. it can only do what it is pre-programmed to do.

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and if technology ever does become capable of improvisation, i'm just going to retreat to my end-of-the-world bunker before skynet/hal begins its takeover of earth
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Judging by your posts, you don't seem to understand how advanced our technology is today. At all.
 
I assume this means you have examples of computers improvising in situations the programmers failed to take into account?
 
a farmer got arrested a while ago for shooting, or at least trying to shoot down a drone that was spying on their cattle, or maybe it was because they were letting the cows shit in the river systems, which is illegal, and why the drone(s) spy on cattle farms to begin with
 
Dr. Javelin said:
I assume this means you have examples of computers improvising in situations the programmers failed to take into account?
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This is inevitable of course, but I'd still rely on driverless vehicles more than human ones. The main reason accidents happen is human flaws, VERY rarely mechanical ones, and I think machines will fix that, at the cost of this.
 
Baby Luigi said:
Dr. Javelin said:
I assume this means you have examples of computers improvising in situations the programmers failed to take into account?
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This is inevitable of course, but I'd still rely on driverless vehicles more than human ones. The main reason accidents happen is human flaws, VERY rarely mechanical ones, and I think machines will fix that, at the cost of this.
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Should man be banned from driving when this takes place?
 
I highly doubt that due to the fact that will be taking away a person's freedom of choice, and also in the case of the robotic driver not working, a human can take the wheel.
 
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