Amazing Future Traffic!
Amazing Future Traffic!: "Java applet simulates a perfect meshing of a 6-lane bi-directional 4 way traffic intersection where the delay per car is about .076 seconds, compared to ten seconds on average for a perfectly optimal stop light. Demonstrates what could be done with AI-controlled traffic flow."This stuff is fascinating, although I still want my flying car.
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For flying cars, get it to work with randomly moving vehicles in three dimensions. Sort of a controlled Brownian motion
And if the FAA is going to be involved it has to run on an IBM 360.
I've never understood why people think AI solutions for cars have to be perfect. Human drivers are far from perfect, except for me and thee, of course. Yeah, I meant to run into the front porch.
John Mara
By Anonymous, At 9:00 PM EDT
It'd be a lot easier to have AI controlled flying cars than driving cars. Driving on a road is really hard; the sky allows for lots of imperfection and straight lines.
By Ben Polidore, At 11:59 AM EDT
You're right and, of course, flying is already automated to some extent.
Driving is a difficult problem. It's amazing that it works at all the way we do it now. Think about the Westchester County parkways like the Hutch or the Saw Mill at rush hour. You have all these cars a few feet apart, incredibly narrow lanes squeezed between Jersey barriers and guardrails. The traffic speed fluctuates between 0 mph and 70 mph. The potential for disaster is there if any one of a hundred people screws up. But, somehow, it sort of works most of the time and you get there with nothing worse than a headache.
John Mara
By Anonymous, At 1:05 PM EDT
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