Merseyrail

[Rico1304]

I'll leave that decision in your own hands, plus your jokes are pretty shit.

Ha - maybe if you'd not taken me off ignore we wouldn't be having this conversation.

[cloggypop]

Merseyrail should put some robots on after 11 o'clock. It's a daft time to stop the trains at.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Ha - maybe if you'd not taken me off ignore we wouldn't be having this conversation.

 

I've already explained that, you were quoting me all the time anyway. You just can't help yourself when you are bored and intent on wumming it, but we'll just leave it now, otherwise we'll just be going over old ground which I really can't be arsed with. 

[Rico1304]

Merseyrail should put some robots on after 11 o'clock. It's a daft time to stop the trains at.

Good point, would people accept driverless trains if they were able to travel 24/7/365? What if fares were cheaper?

[Rico1304]

I've already explained that, you were quoting me all the time anyway. You just can't help yourself when you are bored and intent on wumming it, but we'll just leave it now, otherwise we'll just be going over old ground which I really can't be arsed with.

Ha.

[Bobby Hundreds]

Some kind of basic income is going to have to happen eventually. Pretty much every job around will be done by automation, algorithms or jobs that need skills being simplified to a point anybody can do it themselves.

 

I think it's more likely poverty will be wiped out by just wiping out the poor then AI will wipe out the rich.

[Rico1304]

Some kind of basic income is going to have to happen eventually. Pretty much every job around will be done by automation, algorithms or jobs that need skills being simplified to a point anybody can do it themselves.

 

I think it's more likely poverty will be wiped out by just wiping out the poor then AI will wipe out the rich.

Poverty will be reduced by giving women choices over reproduction.

[VladimirIlyich]

Poverty will be reduced by giving women choices over reproduction.

And what if the choice is to continue having more kids and work less? 

[stringvest]

Uber will be one of the first to adopt driverless cars.

They won't. They're an IT company. They won't invest in cars. It's not their model.

[Rico1304]

They won't. They're an IT company. They won't invest in cars. It's not their model.

They are already doing it.

 

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/09/14/watch-uber-launches-driverless-car-service/amp/?client=safari

[polymerpunkah]

Vancouver's system uses driverless trains.

 

It's much much less complex than London's, of course.

 

As for driverless cars:

 

 

Uber blamed the humans involved, but presumably blamed them for not stopping the car from running the red light, which doesn't really provide much comfort.

 

 

 

 

Uber’s self-driving cars have two humans involved, one ready to grab the wheel and another monitoring for pedestrians and helping to record incidents. In a ride-along on Tuesday, a driver took control of the vehicle more than a dozen times in less than 30 minutes, citing concerns including proximity to a pedestrian and worry about creating gridlock by entering an already crowded intersection. 

 

 

I have my doubts about self-driving cars in a modern city environment. There are so many variables, as the paragraph above highlights.

[VladimirIlyich]

Vancouver's system uses driverless trains.

 

It's much much less complex than London's, of course.

 

As for driverless cars:

 

 

Uber blamed the humans involved, but presumably blamed them for not stopping the car from running the red light, which doesn't really provide much comfort.

 

 

 

 

I have my doubts about self-driving cars in a modern city environment. There are so many variables, as the paragraph above highlights.

The probability is that it wont be long before a uber self driving cars knock down a few humans and they will end up bankrupt due to pending legal action. I don't think its feasible in a crowded city setting anyway without being physically controlled by a human.

[Rico1304]

Vancouver's system uses driverless trains.

 

It's much much less complex than London's, of course.

 

As for driverless cars:

 

 

Uber blamed the humans involved, but presumably blamed them for not stopping the car from running the red light, which doesn't really provide much comfort.

 

 

 

 

I have my doubts about self-driving cars in a modern city environment. There are so many variables, as the paragraph above highlights.

It's not ready yet, they are testing. When it's ready it'll reduce road deaths by tens of thousands per year across the world. It won't be perfect but it'll be better than my wife who's a fucking terrible driver.

[Rico1304]

The probability is that it wont be long before a uber self driving cars knock down a few humans and they will end up bankrupt due to pending legal action. I don't think its feasible in a crowded city setting anyway without being physically controlled by a human.

Insurance.

 

Edit: its maths. Fewer accidents with driverless cars = cheaper insurance.

[stringvest]

They are already doing it.

 

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/09/14/watch-uber-launches-driverless-car-service/amp/?client=safari

 

 

well fuck me, they've changed their model 

[Rico1304]

well fuck me, they've changed their model

When and where!!!

[stringvest]

When and where!!!

 

 

well, they're investing in something apart from IT for a start.  

[Rico1304]

well, they're investing in something apart from IT for a start.

No! I meant when can I fuck you!

[Hades]

99% of us haven't needed to work for decades. The only reason we do is to make the rich even more filthy rich and help people like rico1304 carry out their childish bullying of poor people.

[VladimirIlyich]

Insurance.

 

Edit: its maths. Fewer accidents with driverless cars = cheaper insurance.

Cheaper Insurance? Definitely wont happen then.

[Rico1304]

99% of us haven't needed to work for decades. The only reason we do is to make the rich even more filthy rich and help people like rico1304 carry out their childish bullying of poor people.

Yes pal, the first thing I do on a Monday morning is kick the under footman's balls. I keep them in a bag I wear round my neck.

 

You still working part time?

[Rico1304]

Cheaper Insurance? Definitely wont happen then.

I wasn't clear. Driverless cars will be 10, 100, 1000 x better than humans. That'll make the insurance cheaper for those cars. The difference is the main overhead (the driver) disappears. Factor in electric cars and cheap fuel and personal car ownership disappears.

[cloggypop]

The added bonus is that Jeremy Clarkson's head will explode Scanners style.

[Strontium]

I bet a driverless tram wouldn't have done 40 in a 12mph zone like that tram the other week which killed all those people.

 

Robots > people. Especially if they look like Alicia Vikander in Ex Machina.

[Rico1304]

I listened to a podcast today and they talked about 4m US men being employed as truck drivers - all of whom could be unemployed in 20 yrs - most of whom own guns.