Baidu’s self-driving cars begin public test in Wuzhen, China
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#2There is so much talk in the current rhetoric about the US losing its dominance in science and technology. But it is a tad myopic to not be excited about a country of a billion people pushing the boundaries of what is possible. It is not a zero sum game and we will all benefit.
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#3There is so much talk in the current rhetoric about the US losing its dominance in science and technology. But it is a tad myopic to not be excited about a country of a billion people pushing the boundaries of what is possible. It is not a zero sum game and we will all benefit.
And a bit of healthy competition for national kudos is likely to speed things along.
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#4There is so much talk in the current rhetoric about the US losing its dominance in science and technology. But it is a tad myopic to not be excited about a country of a billion people pushing the boundaries of what is possible. It is not a zero sum game and we will all benefit.
How? How do the uneducated in the rust belt benefit? And perhaps more importantly when?
I agree that technology for society in general make us better of over time, but society consists of individuals who don't necessarily benefit from this. In fact 12 million jobs are in danger of being lost to automated cars. How are they going to benefit from that?
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#5There is so much talk in the current rhetoric about the US losing its dominance in science and technology. But it is a tad myopic to not be excited about a country of a billion people pushing the boundaries of what is possible. It is not a zero sum game and we will all benefit.
How? How do the uneducated in the rust belt benefit? And perhaps more importantly when? I agree that technology for society in general make us better of over time, but society consists of individuals who don't necessarily benefit from this. In fact 12 million jobs are in danger of being lost to automated cars. How are they going to benefit from that?
Well the current generation will suffer, but the next generation and future ones will benefit from self driving cars.
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#6There is so much talk in the current rhetoric about the US losing its dominance in science and technology. But it is a tad myopic to not be excited about a country of a billion people pushing the boundaries of what is possible. It is not a zero sum game and we will all benefit.
And a bit of healthy competition for national kudos is likely to speed things along.
I agree. Just as long as we don't let safety fall by the wayside in order to speed progress (it has happened before, and it will happen again: see early nuclear refinement).
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
How? How do the uneducated in the rust belt benefit? And perhaps more importantly when? I agree that technology for society in general make us better of over time, but society consists of individuals who don't necessarily benefit from this. In fact 12 million jobs are in danger of being lost to automated cars. How are they going to benefit from that?
Well the current generation will suffer, but the next generation and future ones will benefit from self driving cars.
Who owns the future though?
While I am not a nationalist and I think it's commendable that the human race is making progress, I'm concerned that advances in technology are causing troubling concentrations of wealth among those who operate and control the technology.
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#8There is so much talk in the current rhetoric about the US losing its dominance in science and technology. But it is a tad myopic to not be excited about a country of a billion people pushing the boundaries of what is possible. It is not a zero sum game and we will all benefit.
Baidu's Autonomous Driving division is in California.
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#9In Asia, to say it gently, people follow less rules... Baidu is going to have a hard time, as people take advantage when you are driving carefully.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well the current generation will suffer, but the next generation and future ones will benefit from self driving cars.
Who owns the future though? While I am not a nationalist and I think it's commendable that the human race is making progress, I'm concerned that advances in technology are causing troubling concentrations of wealth among those who operate and control the technology.
luddites thought the same ;)