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No passengers. No drivers. Just cars living in the moment. (hexbear.net)

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[-] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 68 points 4 weeks ago

I can't remember for the life of me where I read it, but I remember reading a kinda sci-fi/fantasyish novel in my teens that had universal ai controlled cars, and the main character asked how they didn't get into accidents sometimes and the other characters were like "are you stupid? It's one centralised ai controlling them all" and that stuck with me as an obvious requirement for driverless cars.

Anyway I don't think any current driverless car creators read that book.

[-] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 71 points 4 weeks ago

che-no driverless cars coordinated and controlled from a single central source to ensure smooth operation and maximum efficiency

che-si each car individually controlled by competing ai each trying to reduce their transit time at the expense of the other AI operated cars

[-] Gucci_Minh@hexbear.net 42 points 4 weeks ago

I remember during the initial hype for driverless cars there was a plan for cars to have ad hoc/ mesh networks with each other so they could perfectly optimize traffic and weave lane changes and left turns in between much smaller gaps than humans can. Somehow it seems just as far away as when it was first proposed.