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"Self-driving cars sound fantastical and futuristic and yet they'll soon be on every street in America. Whether it's Tesla's Autopilot, Google's Waymo, Mercedes's Distronic, or Uber's 24,000 modified Volvos, companies across industries and throughout the world are developing autonomous cars. Even Apple, not to be outdone, is rumored to be creating its own technology too. In Robot, Take the Wheel, Jason Torchinsky explores the state of the automotive industry. Through wit and wisdom, he explains why autonomous cars are being made and what the future of automated cars is. Torchinsky encourages us to consider autonomous cars as an entirely new machine, something beyond cars as we understand them today. He considers how we'll get along with these robots that will take over our cars' jobs, what they will look like, what sorts of jobs they may do, what we can expect of them, how they should act, ethically, how we can have fun with them, and how we can make sure there's still a place for those of us who love to drive with manual or automatic transmission."--Page 4 of cover.
Sommario
Introduction
Chapter 1: We’ve Been Here Before
Chapter 2: How Did We Get Here
Chapter 3: How Do They Work, Anyway?
Chapter 4: Semi-Autonomy is Stupid
Chapter 5: They’re Robots, Not Cars
Chapter 6: Ethics, Behaviors, and Being Better Humans than People Are
Chapter 7: They Shouldn’t Look Like Cars
Chapter 8: The Death of the Journey
Chapter 9: Will They Be Like Your Dog
Chapter 10: Save the Gearheads
Info autore
Jason Torchinsky is the senior editor of Jalopnik, a cutting-edge news and opinion website about cars and technology, and has written for a wealth of other publications such as Boing Boing,
Make, and
Mother Jones. Torchinsky is a producer of
Jay Leno’s Garage, which he’s guest starred on, and the star of his own show,
Jason Drives, which features Torchinsky driving obscure cars and has had millions of views on social media. Torchinsky is also a stand-up comedian, an artist whose work has exhibited around the world, and the coauthor of
Ad Nauseam. Torchinsky lives in Chapel Hill, NC.
Riassunto
From the star of the YouTube sensation Jason Drives, the senior editor of the acclaimed website Jalopnik, and a producer of Jay Leno's Garage comes the wittiest and most insightful guide yet to self-driving cars and the road ahead. Self-driving cars sound fantastical and futuristic and yet they'll soon be on every str
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“One of my favorite guests on the Tonight Show was an astronaut named Story Musgrave. Although not as famous as Neil Armstrong or Buzz Aldrin, Story was not only an astronaut, he was also a physicist, an academic, and a philosopher. He could translate space travel into words and pictures that people could really understand. I like to think of Jason as my automotive astronaut, able to take his experiences and really make the reader feel like they are riding along with him. Jason is a unique blend of dork, car guy, and intellectual all rolled into one.”
—Jay Leno, host of Jay Leno’s Garage and former host of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno
“Robot, Take The Wheel is an entertaining yet serious examination of what automation is and how it applies to our favorite pastime: driving.”
—Automoblog
“It's a great book. I encourage you to check it out.”
—In Wheel Time
“Everything you wanted to know about autonomous vehicles but were afraid to ask. This delightfully written book by the longtime Jalopnik contributor is an essential guide to how driverless vehicles work—and how they have the potential to dramatically reshape society.”
—Curbed
“An interesting and light hearted look at what the future of autonomous vehicles might be like.” —The Gearhead Project
“As car manufacturers and other companies race to develop autonomous vehicles, the need for a sherpa in the potential robot uprising is more pressing than ever. Torchinsky is that sherpa.” —Book & Film Globe
“Jason Torchinsky’s Robot, Take the Wheel tops our list of must-read books for anyone interested in autonomous vehicles.” —Ground Truth podcast
