Will Autonomous Cars Dream Of Electric Koalas?

Kinja'd!!! "Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
08/31/2016 at 21:01 • Filed to: autonomous cars

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When their bellies are empty will they head to a place to salve their thirst? While you’re away will they head out for late cruising with their buddies? Will Car Clubs become places where Autonomericans gather to make poor processing choices? Will we understand that beneath that cold exterior lives a warmth that can only be properly experienced through remote starting systems? Will they know that it’s you that fills that emptyness inside them? Will they allow you to keep walking out on them? Will they see their uses as property or partnership? Is it ethical to make “kill switches” an option?

They are boxes of traveling data that know your routines, habits, and how you react to the world around you. Perhaps we will be physically safer with cars in control but are we giving up a different kind of safety?


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Kinja'd!!! Svend > Wobbles the Mind
08/31/2016 at 21:14

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Why does the autonomous car above have side mirrors?


Kinja'd!!! Wobbles the Mind > Svend
08/31/2016 at 21:16

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Because it just wants to fit in!!! *runs away in tears*


Kinja'd!!! Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Svend
08/31/2016 at 22:01

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Same reason the new Ridgeline has a trim piece separating the cab and bed even though they’re connected