I predict human driving will eventually be banned on public roads

[Hellokitty]

I'm sure we're a decent way off from this becoming reality. I don't have all of those answers. It's just my prediction that that's the direction we're heading in.

The only way self driving cars could work is with a government highly controlled society, but I guess that's what AI will do.

 

[Hellokitty]

Imagine if they actually manage to create general intelligence in AI. They are already saying it's going to happen. What that means is AI will be capable of novel and autonomous research.

Chew on that idea for a moment. What happens to our world when an AI can do a thousand years of human intellectual work on the forefronts of science over the weekend? That's a technological singularity. We might be exploring the universe Star Trek style sooner than people think.

The only thing I could follow from sci fi is a rebellion of people trying to take back basic freedoms.

 

[Anomalism]

The only thing I could follow from sci fi is a rebellion of people trying to take back basic freedoms.

Which freedoms do you expect we'll lose? Nobody really rides horses on public roads anymore. Was that a loss of freedom, or just the growth of technology?

 

[Blaster]

Self driving cars are wonderful.

 

[Hellokitty]

Which freedoms do you expect we'll lose?

You tell me?

 

[Anomalism]

You tell me?

What if all of our fear ends up being for nothing?

 

[Anomalism]

Self driving cars are wonderful.

Imagine if they were set up to prioritize your ability to just go to sleep if you want. Eight hour car ride? No problem. Just wait for bed time and sleep in the car while it drives.

 

[toobfreak]

I predict human driving will eventually be banned on public roads​

Damn, I realized that maybe 50 years ago. We already have cars which report and spy on you and can be tracked and shut off remotely if desired. The natural evolution is a totally centrally managed system where it sees each car's start point, destination, then moderates all traffic to flow seamlessly. This could essentially eliminate the need for stop lights or signs, you just get it and get there ASAP as traffic allows.

The downside, what could be more boring than being driven around while you sit there waiting for the computer to drive you?

 

[buttercup]

This is a WEF / globalist agenda.

This video is straight from their YouTube channel, from 12 years ago:

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/05/autonomous-vehicles-technology-future/

 

[The Duke]

Sex and reproduction have already been decoupled by contraception. If hyper realistic AI companions become a thing, and I don't see how they wouldn't, that separation widens. How many people will choose supermodel artificial partners over messy human relationships where they have to settle on looks and personality? What happens to birthrates?

Though reproduction doesn’t necessarily require human intimacy. It requires biology and infrastructure. We already have IVF, frozen eggs and sperm, surrogacy, and embryo screening. China and other countries are researching artificial womb technology. If full term artificial gestation becomes viable, pregnancy becomes optional rather than biologically required.

At that point, procreation could look very different. Two humans contribute genetic material and an artificial womb carries the pregnancy. It could even become possible for you to impregnate or be impregnated by an AI partner through sex.

Governments facing demographic collapse subsidize reproduction pipelines. In theory, embryos from unintended pregnancies could be transferred rather than terminated, which would completely reframe the abortion debate.

If AI ends up managing infrastructure, logistics, finance, and governance more efficiently than humans, reproduction is one of the last deeply biological domains left. Humans will not give that up easily. But if AI systems can reduce maternal mortality, eliminate genetic disease, and make child rearing safer, there will be strong incentives to integrate them into the process.

Procreation will become more engineered. What happens when reproduction is a design choice instead of a biological gamble?

Sounds complicated. Too complicated.

 

[Anomalism]

Damn, I realized that maybe 50 years ago. We already have cars which report and spy on you and can be tracked and shut off remotely if desired. The natural evolution is a totally centrally managed system where it sees each car's start point, destination, then moderates all traffic to flow seamlessly. This could essentially eliminate the need for stop lights or signs, you just get it and get there ASAP as traffic allows.

The downside, what could be more boring than being driven around while you sit there waiting for the computer to drive you?

Maybe the vehicles could be build to accommodate sleeping.

 

[toobfreak]

Maybe the vehicles could be build to accommodate sleeping.

Sure. And why own personal vehicles? You need a ride, you order a car, you plot the destination, and it shows up and takes you there. If it is over 50 miles, you can order one with a full reclining seat.

Only problem is that this will take a massive redesigning of the road system, cars and even homes. For one thing, I'm not a fan of self-driving cars, autonomous cars should be confined to some sort of track or guide system, not be free to drive up over the curb hitting people if something goes wrong.