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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Robot cars to wreak havoc on highways by 2018

The driverless car is one of those canonical Devices Of The Future, like personal jet-packs and domed cities on the moon, that we've been waiting for since the 20th century ended. Now GM is threatening to unleash just such a product within a decade. The soulless driving machines will communicate with one another via radio, and will presumably join forces to cleanse the highways of organically-directed vehicles in short order. Watch this video and see for yourself. ...continue

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At 3:17 PM, Blogger Benjamin Wright said...

As robots become more common, legal issues will arise. Contracts will be one tool for regulating robot behavior.

 

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