The problem I see is that I can think of 3 paths forward when 30-40% of the population thinks this way:

1. we can eliminate them from the population through violence, deportation, jail, whatever. That’s the same sort of genocidal behavior we’re objecting to from them, and is a nonstarter

2. we can override their votes, and work hard for generations to keep them suppressed. While more humane than 1, this likely isn’t feasible, and is likely to radicalize them

3. we turn them. Convince them that they were wrong, and bring them around to our way of thinking. This is hard work, but it’s the only stable and humane option I can think of.

So yes, much as it may suck, anything that brings about option 3 is the best action I can see. Including treating MAGA far better than they treat us.

Nice, thanks!

It sounds utopian…

It’s not that we don’t want robots doing it - honestly that’d be pretty cool. It’s that we want to be sure the people that are being replaced are being taken care of.

There will always be some jobs. That’s no guarantee that there will be enough jobs for everyone to live modest lives on.

Why is that the comparison, though? Sears developed mail-order catalogues in the 1800s. That’s what Amazon replaced.

…okay, I really want to know the story behind that picture!

Reading through the article, it seems like one scenario is that a vehicle stopped at an intersection might be about to pull out, endangering another vehicle about to cross? It seems like the thinking is, if you notice a front/side brake light stops being lit as you approach the intersection, it might indicate they’re about to accelerate - be cautious!

I’m not fully convinced either, it seems like a lot of the benefit they’re projecting is based on analysis of historical collisions, rather than any kind of experimental results. It sounds like the study is to justify expanding research to that sort of simulated experimentation, though - I’m curious what that kind of testing would find.

Sounds like it can help oncoming traffic as well as traffic to either side of the vehicle

Pretty confident that’s the intention of that name

Given the state of the US justice system, that’s not much of a gotcha.

For example, my grandad was a killer. Fought Nazis in WW2.

Ukrainians have generally expressed a preference for the nation to be called Ukraine, rather than the Ukraine.

“The AirCar fulfills a lifelong dream to bring the freedom of flight into the hands of everyday people.”

The price? Between $800,000 and $1 million, depending on specs.

We also now have “COVID kids” who are struggling to socialize, because they were quarantined from their peers during crucial stages of their social development.

Or I don’t actually get to update the version my company is using, is there a workaround?

This is what I’ve been calling it. Not as a pejorative term, just descriptive. It has no concept of truth or not-truth, it just tells good-sounding stories. It’s just bullshitting. It’s a bullshit engine.