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micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles, heelies, or an office chair: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!

"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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French company Cixi is developing a vehicle that combines pedals, electric power, and an enclosed body

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[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

How is it the worst of any of that? And I'm not sure why you're assuming AI would be involved.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

And I'm not sure why you're assuming AI would be involved.

The self-driving part?

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

AI isn't required for that. A Roomba isn't using AI to do it's thing.

[–] NaibofTabr 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A Roomba doesn't weigh 2 tons and isn't traveling at 100kph and actively threatening the lives of nearby people.

A moving vehicle is a safety hazard to everything around it first and foremost, and the driving system must be able to account for that. Figuring out how to get from point A to point B comes after, and is very simple by comparison.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But none of that necessitates the use of AI.

[–] NaibofTabr 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, you're right of course - it necessitates a human driver. True awareness and decision making are not possible with our current level of technology.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

There's a reason why I originally said, "when self driving cars are actually a thing." I know that our current level of technology is insufficient, but the technology we have now is not too far away.

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