My long-cherished "Fast and Furious 8" was finally released, and I ran to the cinema to support it, although it is a popcorn movie with no plot, but after watching it, there is only one word to describe: cool! The director fused all the elements of the blood vein together.
Crazy drag racing
Fragrant beauty
Collision of muscles
Unexpected design
But the one that struck me the most was about "autonomous driving." The big boss from the hacker moved his fingers, and the cars in the whole city only listened to her command.
A large wave of cars rushed up like zombies, or sped down like a waterfall. Nervous, exciting, creative for the director's brain hole, admiration of the five bodies thrown to the ground.
However, when I stepped out of the plot of the movie, I suddenly realized, isn't this black autopilot? Isn't the emergence of this technology to make humans more lazy, how did it become a killing tool in the hands of villains?
"Autonomous driving" and "unmanned vehicles" are no longer a new term, and design fetishes have talked to everyone about automatic driving many times. Whether it is specializing in automobiles, or companies engaged in the Internet and artificial intelligence, they all want to test the waters in the field of automatic driving, and even many have made small achievements.
Google began to develop self-driving cars in 2009, as the field's "advanced leader", Google has broken down the autonomous driving division into a separate company waymo, and said that the level of its own car has been equivalent to more than 300 years of driving experience of the old driver.
(Source: Tencent Technology)
Looking at another giant Tesla, in October 2016, Tesla equipped with the hardware system autopilot 2.0 with "full autopilot function" has been able to reach the fifth level of autonomous driving. And the fifth level represents: fully automated.
(Image source: Design Fetish)
Such a thriving field, how can there be less apples. According to the latest news from the California Vehicle Administration (DMV), Apple has been licensed to test self-driving cars on California roads. Of course, Apple's current focus is not on the car itself, but on the automatic driving system. The vehicles that were approved for testing this time were three modified Lexus RX 450h.
(Image source: 91 Information Station)
In this way, the development of automatic driving, the situation is really a good ah. Is there any negative news? The answer is yes. In May 2016, a 2015 Tesla model S collided with a trailer on a florida highway, killing its owner on the spot. A Tesla owner in Beijing, who also had a car accident, expressed dissatisfaction with "automatic assisted driving technology".
In September 2016, Google had an accident in the Mountain View area of California, which Google said at the time was "the worst accident to date."
(Image source: Sohu Auto)
Like in the movie, is it possible that the car has been hacked? possible. In September 2016, there was a news that Tencent Cohen Labs had successfully invaded Tesla vehicles in a "remote and physical contactless" manner. To put it bluntly, just like in the movie, you move your fingers, the car listens to you, and the owner can't help it.
Since there are still so many loopholes and defects in autonomous driving technology, it is likely that accidents will occur, and even be exploited by criminals, do we still have to support it? In my opinion, technical loopholes can be completely solved by more perfect technology, accidents can also be solved by increasing the "road regulations" and improving technology, as for the problem of criminals, is there no automatic driving, criminals will live in peace?
It is our nature to refuse to worry and doubt when something that breaks the tradition comes, but I always believe that "technological development" itself is not wrong, and that correct guidance and use is what we should care about. What do you think? Leave a message for us to nag together~
Image credit: Screenshot of the Trailer for Fast & Furious 8