Self-driving cars...

[Joe's Garage]

Same goes for drones and fighter pilots, seeing drones take over that role right now in the middle east.

[Jamo]

Originally Posted by Bernica

Here is one of many books available for you JAMO. Get that RV all rigged up and set up your own Comm Center to take care of CC for the rest of the Zombies that you leave behind!

Off the Grid: Inside the Movement for More Space, Less Government, and True Independence in Mo dern America: Nick Rosen: 9780143117384: Amazon.com: Books

I'm ready to throw the guns into the Landcruiser and head for the High Sierra...

[*13*]

Originally Posted by Tommy

At dinner tonight a friend asked me for advice regarding a project his college students are undertaking. They've been challenged to predict what a Le Mans race car of 2045 will look like. I told him the hard part of answering that question is knowing what the race rules will be then. They've already limited what cars can do automatically in F1 and Le Mans racing so the driver will have some impact of the outcome of the race. In less than 30 years it will be possible to field an unmanned car that can go faster than any human driver provided the rules allow it. So the design of the cars then will depend more on what race organizers want to allow than what technology is available. .... I can also imagine a time when race cars become so safe that there is no appreciable risk to the drivers. My guess is that much of the appeal of racing will diminish when the risk is gone and the rules leave little room for drivers to affect the outcome.

Sounds like a good way to stack betting odds in ones favor.

[Tommy]

Originally Posted by Joe's Garage

Same goes for drones and fighter pilots, seeing drones take over that role right now in the middle east.

I agree. ... I'm a retired USAF pilot and the hand writing has been on the wall for the future of manned aircraft for some time. Human pilots do bring some advantages to the fight, mainly situational awareness and ingenuity when dealing with unexpected situations. But they also severely limit aircraft capabilities such as maneuverability and mission duration. Humans are also considered less expendable than drones so they can limit the options of military planners.

IMHO, top AF leaders have been faced with a dilemma for some time. They recognize that unmanned aircraft are generally superior to manned aircraft in both cost and capability. But those same leaders are all pilots who demonstrated the leadership skills that made them top leaders while serving as pilots. There's this unstated understanding that the best leaders come from that pool of people who had the intelligence, self discipline and risk tolerance to become successful AF pilots. If they do away with the testing ground that manned flying provides, they're not sure that future leaders who served by remotely flying drones, sitting in missile silos, or managing parts inventories will be as capable. .... My guess is that as humans take a smaller and smaller role in actual aerial combat, the USAF will be dissolved back into the Army sometime this century.

[Buzz]

If the automatons can ride a bike now, Cobras will be a piece of cake! Insiders say the only glitch with Cobras is a tendency of the AI operating systems to freeze or crash when plebs and other humanoids at gas stations and Walmarts stroll up and ask "the question".

Motorcycle-Riding Robot Has A Mission: To Surpass Humans | Popular Science

[Joe's Garage]

Tommy, yep things are a changin'. War may become an 8 hour job with desk pilots assigned a work shift. Just put on your VR headset, maybe from the den in your house, do your 8 hours surveilling or targeting the enemy in some remote part of the world, then hand off to the next desk jockey for his shift. Don't want to hijack this thread too far from the OP's intentions, there is a lounge thread this would fit into

As for self-driving cars, it could be that garages become obsolete or turned into dedicated hobby work shops. You call up your Uber like transportation when you need it. It drives to you, picks you up and delivers you to your destination, then goes back to a charging station "lot" where it is cleaned up like the cabin in a commercial jet then waits for the next call. Grocery shopping? - ordered and delivered all from the keyboard.

[Joe's Garage]

Originally Posted by buzz

if the automatons can ride a bike now, cobras will be a piece of cake! Insiders say the only glitch with cobras is a tendency of the ai operating systems to freeze or crash when plebs and other humanoids at gas stations and walmarts stroll up and ask "the question".

motorcycle-riding robot has a mission: To surpass humans | popular science

Good one

[Dangerous Doug]

Originally Posted by Bernica

Yup, not to mention that somebody's server would now know where you live, where you go for dinner, where your kids go to school, where you bank etc. Every move tracked. Is this 1984 or 2015?

...and then sell that data to advertisers so you can be selectively targeted.

[Buzz]

[Jamo]

You know...Vargas could not do it better. Just sayin...