It would be nice to find some newspaper articles from around the time cars were first starting to show on roads to keep things in perspective...
The way things are going, something very similar is going to happen with self-driving cars. For example: forcing pedestrians wear beacons for easier detection by self-driving vehicles [2].
I'd rather we go the other direction, instead, and revert to walkable, livable cities.
[1] https://marker.medium.com/the-invention-of-jaywalking-afd48f...
[2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2021/11/06/bidens-1...
I want Big Train to go back to meandering at 0.001 miles per hour so I can lolligag on the tracks again.
People cannot be made to operate machinery safely. Just remember that half of people have below average intelligence...
The only way we will travel safely is if ALL cars are operated automatically.
AIs really only have problems driving because other road users are people. When all rode users are computers all those problems can be rather easily resolved.
I think the biggest mistake everybody is doing is to try to develop AIs in the first place.
An algorithmic solution that does not have to cope with other road users would be way easier to develop.
What they should be doing is taking parts of cities, banning non-automated traffic and replacing it with 100% self-driving network. Then extending the reach further and further. People wanting to get into the city have to park their cars and move to automated public transport and/or taxis. This actually is already reality in some highly congested cities so I don't want to hear it can't be done.
Heaven forbid humans would like to walk or cycle outside. Everyone better adjust to the supposedly inevitable "progress". Let's think of the consequences later, if at all.