AI, Self Driving Technology, and ME
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Ford says they intend to place fully autonomous automobiles on the road by 2021 and rebrand as a "mobility company".
The underlying plan is to develop tech to license to others to market in their own vehicles some time in the future. The core of the technology will be AI systems and it is Ford's intent to become to dominate the self driving platform. NOW then. I'm pretty giddy over the prospects of all of this autonomous vehicle being batted about for the public streets, roads, and highways.
My issues — aside from cost, and other practical matters which concern me personally surround the local populace, some of whom presently maintain their vehicles in a perfectly dismal state of repair.
What happens to self driving vehicles which have fallen into such disrepair that the functionality of the components seriously compromises the safety of everyone else on the roads at the hands of some AI controlled POS reeking havoc on the masses ? What kind of fail-safes are included in the options packages ?
Plus ... there is the insurance. That legislated confidence game that forces us to buy "protection" as though we were voters in the mafia. I am curious as to what the industry is thinking up for their autonomous automobile tier in their unnecessary government sanctioned racket.