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They were so concerned with whether they could, they forgot to ask if they should

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If you're a bit of a tech head and want to experiment with a very autopilot-like system, you should give openpilot a look.

Just like autopilot(and "FSD" for that matter), it doesn't remove your responsibility to drive the car and remain alert, but what it does let you do is remove hands from the wheel if desired while you pay attention. It's driver monitoring for paying attention is actually a pretty well designed system too, and since it's fully open source you know that your data is yours alone, or at least you can verify and change it if you prefer.

There's a lot of user videos you can watch of openpilot in action on YouTube, and it's pretty amazing to see what you can do with an aftermarket driver assist system. While the newest dev kit is no longer an actual smartphone, the comma 2 was a literal smartphone you taped to your windshield that drove your car for you. It's amazing what's been engineered on such meager specs.

I've used openpilot for just under 100,000 miles, I will never buy another car that isn't compatible with openpilot or something better. Openpilot beats the hell out of Blue Cruise or Super Cruise, and it costs exactly $0 a month unless you want extra features.

Here's a link to the page you can use to check your vehicle compatibility. Most cars only take like 30 minutes to install.

It would seem he's essentially blaming it on the fact that FSD isn't actually intelligent.

Analysis of why and how humanoid robots will displace human physical labour.

This is interesting because while everyone is focused on proprietary solutions, here comes Japan with open source solutions and that's probably best for everyone.

It's an old article.

Welcome to the Futurology Autonomous Vehicles Community. Where we'll post news and discuss autonomous vehicles and things that help deliver them!

Many people have been surprised how quickly open-source AI has kept pace with the AI efforts getting billions in investor funding. It's worth wondering if the same may happen with robotics. After all, robotics are primarily AI too, though embodied in a 3D environment. Recently two major Chinese manufacturers, UBTech Robotics and Xiaomi, introduced an open-source humanoid robot, now there's another. This is from Hugging Face, the popular AI hosting platform, and French robotics firm, Pollen Robotics.

One of the primary dystopian storytelling sci-fi tropes that feeds into popular ideas about AI & robotics, is that corporations will be all-powerful in the future, with 99% of humanity reduced to downtrodden serfs. Yet open-source AI & robots suggest the opposite. They suggest that power would be decentralized and widely available. The more people can meet their basic needs (food, medical care, etc) from open-source AI & robots, the more power drains away from elites trying to hoard and control these resources.