Technology brings us closer to those who are furthest away and distances us from those who are closest.
This is a publication based on the suggested topic proposed in the Hive Learners community through their discord, which on this occasion is "Self-Driving Cars".
We live in a world that is full of technology, with artificial intelligence, artifacts that make our lives easier and that at the same time also isolate us. Although with the Internet and globalization we can communicate with many more people and have access to more information almost immediately, we also isolate ourselves. Precisely the fact of having this technology and being able to access it immediately and in a matter of seconds, having information or data that we are looking for, makes us forget the fact of being able to communicate with that other human being, the human factor of being able to converse because we are simply typing in front of a computer. This is a preamble to the topic I come to talk to you about today, which is self-driving cars. These intelligent vehicles are really an invention that we only saw a few years ago as a prediction of the future, in movies and animated series like the Jetsons. We see how the father of the family goes through a tube and falls into a vehicle that is a flying saucer, he goes to work with the vehicle driving automatically. Today we have reached that point where we have Tesla brand vehicles that are capable of driving automatically. I believe that if I could have the possibility of purchasing a vehicle of this type, I would. I would like to have it, because although I do not completely trust this technology, in my opinion I believe that it needs a lot to improve and to reduce the current percentage of probability of failures that they have. We must remember that these are simply machines and as machines they can deteriorate over time, they can overheat, they can have different types of failure and we as humans must always be vigilant regarding this. The city where I live is a city with many vehicles and generally the streets are not in the best of conditions. There are a lot of potholes, a lot of holes and current vehicles that are not intelligent suffer a lot of damage. I imagine that a vehicle as expensive as these that are electric and that are intelligent, are going to suffer a lot of damage, because they work with sensors and by falling into holes, and passing through uneven roads all the time, it is very likely that these sensors become damaged and have to be repaired. I believe that the conditions in my country and in the city where I live are not appropriate to be able to use this type of vehicle. Perhaps in certain areas of the country that are areas of people with a lot of money and the roads are in good condition it can be used, but in general that is not the case. The roads and streets are very congested and can cause these problems. Apart from that, there is the mentality of the people, which is precisely not the most appropriate because surely, if people here have access to intelligent vehicles and start buying them, they are going to start consuming alcohol in the vehicles, they are going to forget about drive, or they will fall asleep, and in the event that an accident occurs and the person is not alert, it will be much worse. I think that due to the idiosyncrasies of the inhabitants of this country, it is not a good idea to drive or let them drive an intelligent vehicle. I think these technologies are for people who have a balanced, positive mentality and who are used to living in developed countries, in countries that have culture, in countries that are progressive and who are really going to make positive use of this. As for if the vehicle fails, whose responsibility is it?: I believe it is a shared responsibility of both the owner and the company. The company in its first years must ensure that updates are made and improvements are added to these vehicles that increasingly reduce accidents and the possibilities of failure. I think that after many years of it being proven that these vehicles offer minimal risk to humans, many people would be in a better mood to adopt and drive these vehicles. I think that this is basically what technology is about and I think that we should give it the opportunity, but always remembering that they are machines and that machines will always need the supervision and maintenance of humans. These vehicles sooner or later will need to be connected to a power source or recharge the energy they have, repair the tires, change the paint and wash the vehicle. The human factor will always be present and I think we must always take that into account because it is the most important thing. This is my black cat "manclar", this account is to honor his dead (it happened years ago). Thumbnail image maded using Bing AI and edited with Canva.com
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Interesante, no sé, no me convencen, pero es lo mas probable vehículos de esos por todos lados, claro en Venezuela es un poco difícil eso. Por las condiciones uy las vías. Pero quien sabe. Tal vez por donde transita la gente de plata no haya tantos huecos.
They don't convince me, with so many rats here in the country the most likely thing is that they will damage your car just out of pure evil or envy. If it is in Lecherias (the new Miami of the country) there is surely no problem, but here in Caracas seeing a Tesla is very rare, I think one of those cybertruck vans has been seen around Mercedes and they immediately took it home. Too much money for them to do something to you.
Can you imagine Cayitus with a car like that?
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Increíble lo que se ha avanzado, pero como dices las máquinas siempre fallan y no podrán reemplazar al humano, además estamos diseñados, para sobrevivir, me doy cuenta que mientras mayor comodidad, más dolencias físicas comienzan a aparecer
They will always fail, that is inevitable, and until they have been well tested and there is 100% certainty that they will not fail, then I do not use them.
The less people move, the sicker they get, the sedentary lifestyle.
Good morning @manclar, as always it is very interesting what you raise, which refers to the relationship between technology and human beings. I think you are very right in the introduction, and it is paradoxical, but it is real that the technology that at the same time that allows better communication, by the use that is made of it, creates more superficial relationships and isolates us more from others.
On the issue of autonomous vehicles and a country like Venezuela I can think of two problems about their widespread use apart from the reasons you mention:
The lack of a good electrical system for recharging the cars.
The high prices that electric cars now have.
And there is an issue that you mention and that is the recycling of the large batteries used by these cars and their computer components.
Big hug @manclar, have a great day.
All those things that as a third world country we are not going to have. Someone there got upset today because I told him that the mentality of Venezuelans is disgusting, I guess that hurt his pride, bah! I guess the fact of being very ordinary makes him think like that... well, things, I'm one of those I don't trust cars, I prefer to drive them myself, until a tree chops it makes me feel better.
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I can understand the pride of belonging to a community. But another issue is that there are people who put their worth in external things for which they have no merit, such as being Spanish or Venezuelan, I guess because they cannot boast of their own achievements.
Have a good rest @manclar. See you later.
Certainly, they are very basic, primitive, common. People who follow the herd...and you already know that I am not one of those, rather I believe in meritocracy.
See you later, today I'm thinking about what perversion to draw, everything indicates that it's on the side of arrogance, it could be... I'll see later, the time is cool for you and everything, but for me it's 2 am and I'm very tired.
until much later.
See you later, que descanses.
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Spain doesn't yet have the infrastructure in place to make the electric car a reality. I know a few people with electric cars and they all have private garages with their own chargers. Of course, they are from the outskirts of the city. Having a private garage in a big city costs a lot.
And I'm talking about one of the biggest cities in Spain.
You need to have a lot of resources to do it, to have the money and the culture, really.
Wow I would like to opt for a car of these, to drive alone, in my case I consume very little alcohol, but because of how expensive they are, it is not in my possibilities yet, very accurate in what you say, in Venezuela a car of this type, would come is to have problems because the avenues, streets are not suitable, would be damaged, government agencies would have to invest in road repair, it is difficult for the human being is displaced by technology, what if you have to do is learn every day to be always updated, greetings @manclar
Venezuela is not prepared for this type of technology, people are very ignorant and on the other hand, you need to have many resources to have a vehicle of this type.