No thanks. This was a Thanksgiving Dinner conversation.

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No thanks. This was a Thanksgiving Dinner conversation.

Author: conorlarkin (21948 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 1:32 pm on Dec 2, 2025

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Of course, the younger folks are all in on letting a robot drive them 4 hours without a worry in the world.

I told them that I would never hand over the car keys to a computer. Think of The Transporter’s driving skills. Add 10. Multiply by 5. That’s me.

The American Dream belongs to all of us. — Kamala Harris

Replies to: "No thanks. This was a Thanksgiving Dinner conversation."

Driverless cars cut accidents down 91% [LINK] - Chris94 - 12:25pm 12/2/25 (21) [View All]
- Almost no one will be driving 20 years from now [NT] - MarkHarman - 10:02pm 12/3/25
- Opinion article - not buying it - Fisher01 - 10:13pm 12/2/25
  - Story tonight on the news where one drove its passengers into a police standoff. [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 11:40pm 12/2/25
- A colleague at work let his Tesla driving him to work today and says it "reads" traffic just fine. - Curly1918 - 4:50pm 12/2/25
- We'll still need to make sure that no one's posting fascist stuff online. - jakers - 4:31pm 12/2/25
- could potentially redefine the 3r's - und67 - 4:00pm 12/2/25
- ...and should cut the employment of drivers even more significantly... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 3:29pm 12/2/25
  - I'm not sure anybody's going to have a job in 10 years [NT] - Chris94 - 4:32pm 12/2/25
    - Would like to see the model for THAT. (It's not gonna work out quite like WALL-E...) [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 4:38pm 12/2/25
- I’m good with it. On a related note, Full Self Driving is tits!..: - Domer From Hell - 1:51pm 12/2/25
- No thanks. This was a Thanksgiving Dinner conversation. - conorlarkin - 1:32pm 12/2/25
  - AI fighter jets beat humans 100/100 in simulated battle. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 1:36pm 12/2/25
    - Will be really cool when we're all transported by fighter jets... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 3:37pm 12/2/25
      - Yes it will. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 4:38pm 12/2/25
- They're great until Skynet goes live. Ask the poor lady in San Fran. [NT] [LINK] - LanceManion - 12:53pm 12/2/25
  - Don't let perfect be the enemy of good (>30K less fatalities/yr) [NT] [LINK] - iairishcheeks - 1:29pm 12/2/25
    - Good choice on the video...NdGT capsulizes the situation...and net benefits. - TyroneIrish - 9:07pm 12/2/25
- Yes, can't happen soon enough. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 12:52pm 12/2/25
- I don’t know if I could deal with not being in control on the freeway but…. We did - Frankx - 12:32pm 12/2/25
  - You always remain in control. In my experience it reduces fatigue and “sees” things before I do. [NT] - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 1:46pm 12/2/25
    - I think we're talking about autonomous, like Waymo and Zoox. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 2:07pm 12/2/25