Comments on: Stanford robot passes driving test

Defending champion Stanford passes its first test in quest to be one of 30 finalists to join the DARPA Urban Challenge.
Photos: Passing DARPA's test

[jeep1104]

desert vs dessert

...a $2 million robot race across 132 miles of Nevada "dessert". hmmmm

[Jon Skillings]

Typo fixed

While we can't confirm or deny that someone in Las Vegas may have created the world's largest parfait, we must confess we goofed on the spelling here. Thanks for catching that.

[NoVista]

The hidden agenda ...

of AI research is the frustration of looking for intelligence in other places, like the military, or Washington DC.

[NeoGodOfDeath]

Hidden agenda... Hah.

Right, DARPA stands for what? How is that a 'hidden agenda'? The use of AI in militaristic situations is NOT a bad thing. Think of how many lives it will save, of our soldiers espeically. How many times have you heard of a hummer being hit by an RPG or and IED? If there is no one driving it, and only someone on the turret, maybe in the back as well, how many lives could that save? AI is fine, AI in the military is great. Think before you post something against the government.

[habbyhog]

I AM THINKING!!!!!!!
sorry NoVista this is not to you tihs is to NeoGodOfDeath I couldn't figure out how to reply to him. "Think before you post something against the government." Like the governments ALWAYS right, you know back before the civil war the governemt in mnay arias would have pro-slavery options and there were people (including white men, thank you) who said this is wrong! And there were dipshit's saying, "Oooh, think before you say something against the government (because the governments great and almost holy and always right)." But of course just because the government then could do somthing wrong dousn't mean the governmetn know could because the government know is almost god-like in it's ability to do everything perfectly (being sarcastic BTW).

[qwerty75]

This is why I am careful

..about my master in CS studies.

I don't want anything I help on to filter to the government, especially the military.

Yes, I served in the military, so please no fallacious flames.