[LINK] Why you may not own, or drive your vehicle in 10 years time

Karl Auer kauer at biplane.com.au
Thu Jun 9 23:11:45 AEST 2016


On Thu, 2016-06-09 at 22:52 +1000, Andy Farkas wrote:
> Most weekdays I drive 25 kms to work (one way). I
> experience things that I'm sure only a human could
> comprehend.

Comprehend? Perhaps. Deal with? Hmmm.

> Auto-cars are not going to cut it in rural Oz.

Not now, perhaps. Tomorrow?

You are offering the Argument From Personal Incredulity[1], crossed
with the Argument From Personal Ignorance[2], with a dose of the
Argument of the Eternal Present[3].

Computers were never going to play chess. Until they did.

Computers were never going to play Go. Until they did.

Computers will never drive cars... until they do.

Regards, K.


[1] I cannot imagine it, therefore it cannot be.

[2] I do not know of it, therefore it does not exist.

[3] It is true now, therefore it will always be true.


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