Rossi Vs Riderless Bike

[TKH]

I totally agree. 

 

 

I tend to agree but AI has no feel. It is programmed to avoid collisions, so like the adaptive cruise control on cars, if you pull in front of it then it must take avoiding action. i don't know how they'll negate that for track use !

 

Impressive though it seems, is it really much better than the self driving car of ten years ago ?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGUWz-29gEs

 

 

These vehicles are being tested in strictly controlled and enclosed situations. The biggest problem is yet to be overcome, ordinary road conditions. A track is a relatively safe place to play with this tech and we shouldn't just be taken in by the idea that a high  speed on the track equates to a well developed product, because it is 'nearly as good as a professional rider or driver'.....The driverless Golf from ten years ago was nearly as good. IMHO

 

I'm a big tech fan, but carefully controlled stunts don't seem to me to be relevant to the real world for much of the time

 

There are some other interesting problems which at the moment seem to be dealt with only in a very simple manner - why they should be programmed to kill.... https://www.technologyreview.com/s/54262...d-to-kill/

 

 

 

 

When I was studying  to be clevererer than wot I was before i did have to do some research which looked at control systems, and what i found was a 1950's research paper by a big US university which developed road trains made from radio interconnected cars, for highway use. The driver still steered but the cars maintained a gap of about 12 inches between themselves at highway speeds automatically  - The first car punched a hole in the air and the following cars made quite a significant fuel saving....AFAIR they had about 20 cars going around a racing oval for hours without trouble.

 

It's a great principle but driving still remains a very personal experience, and not many want to give up full control just yet, but I can see the benefits of saving fuel

 

I totally agree.