That is a bit of an exaggeration, Stuart. We have now a rollout of the far more complex driver-less taxis, still only approx. 4,000 of them, in cities around the U.S. San Francisco, near where I live, has it seems hundreds of them rolling around the City. There are over 1,000 driver-less trucks in Europe right now. So "it can be done". Almost all major European and some U.S. truck manufacturers are pouring in a lot of R&D into this form of freight. Plans to expand both driverless taxis and fright trucks are in the works. I'd be afraid, very afraid.
Keep in mind that commercial ports are increasingly 100% automated now (not in the U.S. however) with China leading away, all developed without, initially, AI coordination (or early task specific versions of it). [There will never be a successful "Mars colony" since the costs of establishing one runs into the trillions of USD with almost no return though I suppose if Musk wanted he could fund such a project. But the real reason boils down to one word: gravity. Or, lack there of. Humans can't procreate without near Earth gravity and all...ALL would die probably within 2 years as bodies would wither terribly without full gravity.] David -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#42752): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/42752 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/120572801/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
