Why is so much money being invested into autonomous vehicles?

because nobody wants to pay truckers.

people who think so little of their time they would waste it commuting do not think very much at all

Europe already has remotely controlled semis.

Robots still drive infinitely better than people because they don't get distracted or drunk, or fall asleep at the wheel.

>>8935516
Remote controlled isn't autonomous though dummy

Driving is too complex for autonomous cars to overtake driven cars for a multiple of reasons: It's honestly an awful investment in my opinion.

>>8935511
>trusting humans with driving a car

REEEEEEEEEEEE. Why even bother if you don't have to?

I'd much sooner trust an (above human intelligence) A.I. over literally 95% of humanity.

>>8935563
This. Humans are deeply flawed in many ways.

People are just afraid of AI because they are afraid of objective judgement.

>>8935555
Overtaking on the road is needlessly dangerous so this is a good thing.

>>8935513
>people who think so little of their time they would waste it (by doing) x do not think very much at all

not an argument. try again

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>>8935511
Same reason why google invested so much money on those glasses.
Contrary to what many think the people who make those decisions don't necessarily know what they are doing.
Someone big try a new thing, others are afraid it could be the next big thing and hop on the bandwagon, the fad starts and money flows.

>>8935555
Wasted quads, semis have no fucking business overtaking anything.
Too many cocky dumb motherfuckers are allowed on the road, in what should be considered a weapon of mass destruction, given it kills, disables and injures, something like 50,000,000 people annually, I will take a machine who just diligently does its job and maybe breaks from time to time, over any stupid cunt who texts and smears lipstick on her face driving a fat SUV through a busy intersection and breaking at least 15 different traffic laws while doing so, any fucking day.

>>8935555
I'd like to see the look on your dumb face in 10 years when the only reason there is a human still inside every vehicle is because of legal reasons.

It's hilarious that so much money is being poured into this when people will be literally flying around in drones within like 5 years.

>>8936708
not gonna happen
managing air traffic is a fucking nightmare as it is, they will never let everyone just take to the fucking skies with a personal flying coffin

>>8935511
Me neither, also what about people who like cars and who like driving? Where do we fit in?

>>8936761
Track/ Super expensive/difficult special license.

Driving is for droids.

>>8935511
Why is so much money being invested into human-piloted vehicles? Who would let themselves be driven on a highway by these things? Who would want to be on a road with an error prone human driving a 16-wheeler?

Someone explain this shit.