Featured Nvidia’s ChatGPT moment for self-driving

Just finished a 571 mile, winter rain, night trip with Full Self Driving (FSD.) One soft phantom brake and one precautionary manual brake approaching red lights. Otherwise hands free except for parking lots at charging stations.

I throughly enjoyed the 14 hour drive across the Blue Ridge Parkway on a windy, cool (45-55 F) day and mostly night trip. But then I’m over 170,000 miles since my March 26, 2019 Model 3 and concurrent Autopilot/FSD purchase.

Bob Wilson

 

Yep, AI may make them better than what Tesla has but don't count out Teslas, I'm sure they have some R&D lab somewhere already working on it!

I can see the future, "Where you the victim of a car accident caused by a bad AI-driven vehicle? Call me, the Strong Arm, and I'll fight the Terminator on your behalf!"

 

No one can predict exactly what will happen.

For AI capabilities to expand there needs to be a certain demand for it.
Will people in general demand it? Or will governments see this as a plus for safety and require it? We don't really know at this point.

Depending on how quickly AI self-driving goes, there's a chance that eventually it will surpass the human driver in terms of safety to a degree that most people will agree it's safer. We're not there yet. But if and when it does, then you're more likely to see governments start pushing for it to be a requirement in all cars so that traffic is safer.

To me this is a very good thing, as car accidents are a leading cause of death and destruction. But at the same time, it's also part of making cars feel like appliances. If one day all cars are autonomous, then I really wouldn't care if I owned one or if I just got transported around in a Waymo taxi service or on an autonomous bus or whatever.

 

Yep the only way self-driving vehicles will prove safe is if ALL vehicles have the same system....and, like communism "collectivism", that will NEVER happen...just a pipe dream. (Good on paper, not realistic in the real-world....those pesky freedoms and liberties get in the way!)

I'm in my 60's, and the driving skill of folks has DEFINITELY gotten a lot worse. This is proven by the cost of car insurance....I remember not even paying $60 a month for full-insurance...not even close, anymore...even adjusted for inflation.

Just the other day, on a sunny day with dry roads, I saw an SUV drift to the left and smack into the curb....what the heck? Looking at her cell phone.....so dangerous....you could've drifted and hit a kid, lady!

 

I disagree. Just because cars interact doesn't mean they need the same system. The AI and processing power just has to be good enough in each one of them. There might be some sort of common communication layer, but that's already something that already exists, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and 5G cellular, as well as traditional visual indications (blinkers, brake lights, etc.) Just because computers can communicate to each other doesn't mean they are all the same. You can send emails to and from MacOS, Android, iOS, Windows and Linux. That isn't a problem.

 

pretty sure ellen is close to huang

 

Or maybe struggling with a touch-screen, or the pretty-but-just-as-bad row-of-identical-buttons comprising Heat/Vent controls.

 

Do they make automatic bicycle foot pumps?

At any rate, touch screens aren't the end of the world. But I sure do hope I never have a car with one ever again after the Avalon goes south. The same with those rows of similar style buttons in some vehicles.

 

But that's not a "foot" pump.

At any rate, that's still apples to oranges. Foot pump vs. dash controls.

 

I still prefer a manual bicycle floor pump. No battery to age out or overheat.

 

I struggle to restrain myself sometimes.

 

I have a foot pump and a newer electric pump. The electric pump was needed for car tires. It is so easy that I routinely use it on my bikes. I also have a co2 cartridge pump in my bike bag, in case I have a flat and need to repair without carrying a heavy pump ;-)

Nvidia provided the hardware for tesla's first successful autopilot. I guess it makes sense that tesla wanted a lower price point and to put it in all the cars. Its good that there are multiple competing platforms with waymo, tesla, mobileye, and nvidia leading the way. As hardware improves and hardware prices fall these systems will become better.

 

Yep!

I think with technology, there's basically the beginning phase when it's new and cool. Then there's the appliance phase, where it's just part of your life and everyone else has the exact same thing.

I do appreciate modern technology. I do feel that overall, self-driving is a good thing. If my predictions are correct, it will eventually lower car accidents, and may even eliminate them entirely one day.

But anymore, modern cars feel about as exciting as a washing machine, at least to me. You open the door, get your stuff in, close the door, press a couple buttons, and!!!!!!!... It does what it's supposed to do, the same thing that everyone else's washer or car does.

I still love driving 1980's to 1990's stick-shift econo cars. Or even any 1940's and up VW air-cooled cars. I just enjoy driving them. They don't make anything like them anymore, at least not for the US market.

 

Those are some reasons why I find a bicycle upright floor pump, operated by hand, to be better. 7 strokes per psi on the Prii I had, 10 strokes for the Forester and RAV4, so it doesn't take nearly as long. (Other stroke volumes are available, depending on pressure required and weight of operator.) I'm still sufficiently able-bodied that sweat isn't an issue. And mine last much longer, no battery to expire from age.

That serious noise is one reason I quit using a 12V pump, the manual pumps are far softer on the ears. After dealing with family members with varying degrees of hearing loss, I'm wanting to protect my ears as much as possible.