Reality and the dream are coming closer together, all the time.
Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2025 10:43 pm
For years, we've known that there are efforts to create a self driving car. Ironically, it started in the early 1980's with a van that had localized processing that navigated with forward viewing cameras. The tech was just barely there, as this thing could competently drive foward... about 3 (or was it 5) feet before taking a full 30 minutes to determine if the next amount of feet could be safely driven towards.
More recently, Google would bravely present a car that could navigate the world a little more confidently than that past the year 2000. Followed up with an annual race, meant to challenge teams into producing self-driving vehicles on a closed course that would trek across many miles and multiple terrains to prove which could make it to the finish line... if any at all.
And now, multiple companies are striving forth to make self-driving vehicles a fully trustworthy technology. And with that ultra brief history lesson, let me share a video of a guy letting his latest Tesla drive itself home while he has a real time chat with Grok during the journey.
https://youtu.be/9a7bK-tu5-o?si=QuvCLlji3qD001gj
Sure. The Tesla's don't jump over obstacles or repel bullets. But I hear they have a Mad Max mode. (Goes over the speed limit, as I understand.)
And might I add how ironic it is that Team Knight Rider nailed the user interface to what we are getting right now. While giving us a clue as to why Kitt would not sing. "Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da..." ;P
More recently, Google would bravely present a car that could navigate the world a little more confidently than that past the year 2000. Followed up with an annual race, meant to challenge teams into producing self-driving vehicles on a closed course that would trek across many miles and multiple terrains to prove which could make it to the finish line... if any at all.
And now, multiple companies are striving forth to make self-driving vehicles a fully trustworthy technology. And with that ultra brief history lesson, let me share a video of a guy letting his latest Tesla drive itself home while he has a real time chat with Grok during the journey.
https://youtu.be/9a7bK-tu5-o?si=QuvCLlji3qD001gj
Sure. The Tesla's don't jump over obstacles or repel bullets. But I hear they have a Mad Max mode. (Goes over the speed limit, as I understand.)
And might I add how ironic it is that Team Knight Rider nailed the user interface to what we are getting right now. While giving us a clue as to why Kitt would not sing. "Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da..." ;P