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Synthead@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

You’re still the driver in the self-driving car. If someone honks, you have pedals and a wheel in front of you. It always comes down to driver neglect. It’s like blaming the cruise control for speeding, but giving cruise control more responsibilities.

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otter@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The standard should endure past this stage. It’s not necessary now, but it would be good to start getting used to some kind of a symbol now

Eventually when cars move past this stage, then we’ll need it

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Steve@communick.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Today, sure.
But in 20-50 years, switching to manual driving may be a whole process. It may even be illegal in a full self driving car. In an environment of of mixed automated and manual driving, having indicator lights for the autos makes a lot of sense.

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