Idiocracy was a 2006 film that depicted a future dysfunctional human society. One striking element of this dystopia was the prevalence of malfunctioning machines across the landscape. I feel that this is the direction we are headed with our over-reliance on technology and investment in stupid machines such as self-driving cars.
The point is that immensely complicated machines such as "autonomous vehicles" are expensive to maintain. We are trying to create an inordinately complex system which we will not be able to maintain properly. Truly intelligent creatures such as humans have evolved mechanisms for self-maintenance, death, and reproduction. We are building machines with no such mechanisms. Already our society is drowning in junk.
We are fast becoming an idiotic society and should change our focus to sustainability.
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