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Re: Predictions for the new century (a head start)
Nyperold, on host 216.111.134.87
Friday, December 1, 2000, at 14:05:17
Re: Predictions for the new century (a head start) posted by Grishny on Friday, December 1, 2000, at 13:56:09:
> > > Cars will no longer be piloted by people, but by computers.
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> > Not anytime soon. What manufacturer would accept the risk? Even if a computer-piloted car reduced the number of annual accidents by several orders of magnitude -- say to 100 in the USA per year -- you know darned well that every last one of those accidents would involve a lawsuit filed against the manufacturer, because, hey, it was the car computer that screwed up, didn't it?
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> The logical conclusion is that until the world changes to the point where laywers and lawsuits and courtrooms are no longer necessary, there will be no computer-piloted cars in use by the general public.
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> Gri"kill all the lawyers?"shny
Reminds me of that scene from Star Trek: TNG: Encounter at Farpoint.
Nyper"and jury!"old
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