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O retrato
Eu quero a fotografia,
os olhos cheios d’água sob as lentes,
caminhando de terno e gravata,
o braço dado com a filha.
Eu quero a cada vez olhar e dizer:
estava chorando. E chorar,
Eu quero a dor do homem na festa de casamento,
seu passo guardado, quando pensou:
a vida é amarga e doce?
Eu quero o que ele viu e aceitou corajoso,
os olhos cheios d’água sob as lentes.
(Adélia Prado, Reunião de poesia.)
Uma das fobias mais peculiares é o medo dos espelhos. Na Inglaterra da era vitoriana, antes de um morto ser levado ao cemitério, todos os espelhos eram cobertos com tecidos, pois se acreditava que a alma da pessoa poderia ficar presa nos espelhos.
O medo é pessoal e reflete a resposta do coração às inseguranças que cada um carrega dentro de si. Paradigmas que sustentavam a sociedade em décadas anteriores estão em crise: preocupações crescentes, solidão, desesperança, ressentimentos, um mundo cada vez mais líquido onde amores / sentimentos escorrem por nossas mãos, intolerância e agressividade nos parecem mais evidentes.
Quer gostemos ou não, a vida vai sempre seguindo. Uma vida plenamente feliz é uma dádiva temporária, vale dizer, não dura para sempre. E sim, às vezes, dói, é triste ou, outras vezes, é surpreendente. E quando a vida o machucar (porque certamente irá), lembre-se da dor. A dor sempre tem seu lado positivo. Significa que estamos fora da caverna. A real tragédia da vida é os homens terem medo da luz. Diante da fragilidade e da brevidade da vida, é preciso lembrar-se da água: ela abre seu caminho e encontra seu rumo mesmo diante de algum obstáculo. Talvez para ela fosse mais perigoso permanecer parada.
Ainda se está explorando o terreno movediço e desafiador do quebra-cabeça neuronal envolvido com os sentimentos e as emoções. Nada nos humilha mais do que a coragem alheia. Aceitemos o medo, mas que ele não nos limite.
(Rafael Delsin. Os homens maus estão chegando. BE – Revista Bem-Estar, 10.07.2022. Adaptado)
Uma das fobias mais peculiares é o medo dos espelhos. Na Inglaterra da era vitoriana, antes de um morto ser levado ao cemitério, todos os espelhos eram cobertos com tecidos, pois se acreditava que a alma da pessoa poderia ficar presa nos espelhos.
O medo é pessoal e reflete a resposta do coração às inseguranças que cada um carrega dentro de si. Paradigmas que sustentavam a sociedade em décadas anteriores estão em crise: preocupações crescentes, solidão, desesperança, ressentimentos, um mundo cada vez mais líquido onde amores / sentimentos escorrem por nossas mãos, intolerância e agressividade nos parecem mais evidentes.
Quer gostemos ou não, a vida vai sempre seguindo. Uma vida plenamente feliz é uma dádiva temporária, vale dizer, não dura para sempre. E sim, às vezes, dói, é triste ou, outras vezes, é surpreendente. E quando a vida o machucar (porque certamente irá), lembre-se da dor. A dor sempre tem seu lado positivo. Significa que estamos fora da caverna. A real tragédia da vida é os homens terem medo da luz. Diante da fragilidade e da brevidade da vida, é preciso lembrar-se da água: ela abre seu caminho e encontra seu rumo mesmo diante de algum obstáculo. Talvez para ela fosse mais perigoso permanecer parada.
Ainda se está explorando o terreno movediço e desafiador do quebra-cabeça neuronal envolvido com os sentimentos e as emoções. Nada nos humilha mais do que a coragem alheia. Aceitemos o medo, mas que ele não nos limite.
(Rafael Delsin. Os homens maus estão chegando. BE – Revista Bem-Estar, 10.07.2022. Adaptado)
Uma das fobias mais peculiares é o medo dos espelhos. Na Inglaterra da era vitoriana, antes de um morto ser levado ao cemitério, todos os espelhos eram cobertos com tecidos, pois se acreditava que a alma da pessoa poderia ficar presa nos espelhos.
O medo é pessoal e reflete a resposta do coração às inseguranças que cada um carrega dentro de si. Paradigmas que sustentavam a sociedade em décadas anteriores estão em crise: preocupações crescentes, solidão, desesperança, ressentimentos, um mundo cada vez mais líquido onde amores / sentimentos escorrem por nossas mãos, intolerância e agressividade nos parecem mais evidentes.
Quer gostemos ou não, a vida vai sempre seguindo. Uma vida plenamente feliz é uma dádiva temporária, vale dizer, não dura para sempre. E sim, às vezes, dói, é triste ou, outras vezes, é surpreendente. E quando a vida o machucar (porque certamente irá), lembre-se da dor. A dor sempre tem seu lado positivo. Significa que estamos fora da caverna. A real tragédia da vida é os homens terem medo da luz. Diante da fragilidade e da brevidade da vida, é preciso lembrar-se da água: ela abre seu caminho e encontra seu rumo mesmo diante de algum obstáculo. Talvez para ela fosse mais perigoso permanecer parada.
Ainda se está explorando o terreno movediço e desafiador do quebra-cabeça neuronal envolvido com os sentimentos e as emoções. Nada nos humilha mais do que a coragem alheia. Aceitemos o medo, mas que ele não nos limite.
(Rafael Delsin. Os homens maus estão chegando. BE – Revista Bem-Estar, 10.07.2022. Adaptado)
Uma das fobias mais peculiares é o medo dos espelhos. Na Inglaterra da era vitoriana, antes de um morto ser levado ao cemitério, todos os espelhos eram cobertos com tecidos, pois se acreditava que a alma da pessoa poderia ficar presa nos espelhos.
O medo é pessoal e reflete a resposta do coração às inseguranças que cada um carrega dentro de si. Paradigmas que sustentavam a sociedade em décadas anteriores estão em crise: preocupações crescentes, solidão, desesperança, ressentimentos, um mundo cada vez mais líquido onde amores / sentimentos escorrem por nossas mãos, intolerância e agressividade nos parecem mais evidentes.
Quer gostemos ou não, a vida vai sempre seguindo. Uma vida plenamente feliz é uma dádiva temporária, vale dizer, não dura para sempre. E sim, às vezes, dói, é triste ou, outras vezes, é surpreendente. E quando a vida o machucar (porque certamente irá), lembre-se da dor. A dor sempre tem seu lado positivo. Significa que estamos fora da caverna. A real tragédia da vida é os homens terem medo da luz. Diante da fragilidade e da brevidade da vida, é preciso lembrar-se da água: ela abre seu caminho e encontra seu rumo mesmo diante de algum obstáculo. Talvez para ela fosse mais perigoso permanecer parada.
Ainda se está explorando o terreno movediço e desafiador do quebra-cabeça neuronal envolvido com os sentimentos e as emoções. Nada nos humilha mais do que a coragem alheia. Aceitemos o medo, mas que ele não nos limite.
(Rafael Delsin. Os homens maus estão chegando. BE – Revista Bem-Estar, 10.07.2022. Adaptado)
Leia o texto para responder às questões de números 01 a 03.
Nossa relação com os animais repete, de maneira invertida, os cuidados que recebemos na primeira infância. Nós também fomos, no início, dependentes, desamparados e estávamos nas mãos de uma figura prestativa e generosa, mas que tinha todo poder sobre nós. Nossa capacidade de sentir piedade vem daí. A irresistível combinação de piedade, simpatia e acolhimento que a imagem de um animal fofinho desperta em nós, também. Contudo, esse é um amor de baixa qualidade e de grande aptidão à dispersão quando falamos em um projeto de longo prazo. Animais de estimação são como filhos. Mas filhos que não crescem, não resistem para ir à escola, não reclamam por autonomias adolescentes nem vão embora para a faculdade e se casam, deixando-nos para trás.
Com os animais de estimação cada um revive a forma de amar e ser amado que Freud descreveu como narcisismo. Nele, confunde-se o amar o outro e o amar-se a si mesmo através do outro. E muitas vezes essa confusão se infiltra e atrapalha decisivamente a vida dos casais. Quando alguém declara que ama os cães a ponto de ter dois ou sete deles em casa, isso não representa nenhuma contradição com o ato de maltratá-los. Tudo depende da qualidade do laço que se estabelece nesse amor.
Quando amamos nossos cães, nossos filhos ou nossas mulheres como a nós mesmos, podemos chegar a maltratá-los da pior maneira. Daí a importância de amar o outro conferindo algum espaço para o fato de que ele é um estranho, alguém diferente de mim. O amor não é garantia nem de si mesmo nem do desejo que ele deve habilitar. Isso vai aparecer na relação com os animais, como uma espécie de raio x das nossas formas de amar. Quem trata seus animais como uma parte de si mesmo, humanizando-os realmente como filhos, chamando-os de nenês, por exemplo, pode estar indicando uma forma mais simples e narcísica de amar.
(Christian Dunker, Reinvenção da intimidade –
políticas do sofrimento cotidiano. Adaptado)
Leia o fragmento a seguir.
Oscar tinha um sítio. Um dia Oscar resolveu levar na camioneta um pouco de esterco do sítio, que era no interior de Minas, para o jardim de sua casa na capital. Na barreira foi interpelado pelo guarda:
— O que é que o senhor está levando aí nesse saco?
— Esterco. Por quê? Não lhe cheira bem?
— O senhor tem a guia?
— Guia?
— É preciso de uma guia, o senhor não sabia disso?
Sobre o fragmento acima, assinale a afirmativa incorreta.
Um policial de 44 anos morreu de ataque cardíaco quando perseguia bandidos suspeitos de participação num roubo, terça-feira, no centro de Belo Horizonte. O sargento Bernardo Fontes, 44 anos, pai de dois filhos, membro da brigada policial da noite, patrulhava com dois colegas, quando notou vários homens que fugiam a pé. Supondo um roubo, ele saiu em perseguição dos suspeitos e, escalando um muro que dava para um terreno baldio, foi acometido de um ataque.
Assinale a opção que apresenta a característica inadequada de um texto narrativo.
Homem ao mar!
O que importa! O navio não para. O vento sopra, esse veleiro sombrio tem um roteiro que o obriga a continuar. Ele passa.
O homem desaparece, depois aparece, ele afunda e volta à superfície, ele grita, ele estende os braços, ninguém o escuta; o navio, atravessando a tempestade, está voltado para as manobras, os marinheiros e os passageiros nem mesmo veem o homem submergido; sua cabeça miserável nada mais é do que um ponto na enormidade das vagas.
Ele lança gritos desesperados para as profundezas. Que fantasma essa vela que se afasta! Ele a olha, ele a olha freneticamente. Ela se afasta, ela empalidece, ela diminui. Ele estava lá agora mesmo, ele era da equipagem, ele ia e vinha sobre a ponte como os outros, ele tinha sua parte de ar e de sol, ele era um ser vivo. Agora, o que é que se passou? Ele escorregou, caiu, está acabado.
Sobre esse fragmento textual, é correto afirmar que
Regra geral, as grandes metrópoles sofrem problemas de segurança pública, as quais apresentam elevadas taxas de delitos. Em contrapartida, as pequenas localidades costumam oferecer melhores condições de segurança.
De certa forma, isto prende-se com a população em massa, uma vez que os milhões de habitantes de uma grande cidade acabam por ficar no anonimato (as pessoas não se conhecem). Já nas pequenas cidades é menos provável que uma pessoa cometa algum crime ou delito sem que ninguém fique a saber.
(Conceito de Segurança Pública)
Sobre o que é expresso no fragmento acima, assinale a afirmativa correta.
Six things I learned from riding in a Google self-driving car
1 - Human beings are terrible drivers.
We drink. We doze. We text. In the US, 30,000 people die from automobile accidents every year. Traffic crashes are the primary cause of death worldwide for people aged 15-24, and during a crash, 40% of drivers never even hit the brakes. We’re flawed organisms, barreling around at high speeds in vessels covered in glass, metal, distraction, and death. This is one of Google’s “moonshots” – to remove human error from a job which, for the past hundred years, has been entirely human.
2 - Google self-driving cars are timid.
The car we rode in did not strike me as dangerous. It drove slowly and deliberately, and I got the impression that it’s more likely to annoy other drivers than to harm them. In the early versions they tested on closed courses, the vehicles were programmed to be highly aggressive. Apparently during these tests, which involved obstacle courses full of traffic cones and inflatable crash-test objects, there were a lot of screeching brakes, roaring engines and terrified interns.
3 - They’re cute.
Google’s new fleet was intentionally designed to look adorable. Our brains are hardwired to treat inanimate (or animate) objects with greater care, caution, and reverence when they resemble a living thing. By turning self-driving cars into an adorable Skynet Marshmallow Bumper Bots, Google hopes to spiritually disarm other drivers. I also suspect the cuteness is used to quell some of the road rage that might emerge from being stuck behind one of these things. They’re intended as moderate-distance couriers, not openroad warriors, so their max speed is 25 miles per hour.
4 - It’s not done and it’s not perfect.
Some of the scenarios autonomous vehicles have the most trouble with are the same human beings have the most trouble with, such as traversing four-way stops or handling a yellow light. The cars use a mixture of 3D laser-mapping, GPS, and radar to analyze and interpret their surroundings, and the latest versions are fully electric with a range of about 100 miles. Despite the advantages over a human being in certain scenarios, however, these cars still aren’t ready for the real world. They can’t drive in the snow or heavy rain, and there’s a variety of complex situations they do not process well, such as passing through a construction zone. Google is hoping that, eventually, the cars will be able to handle all of this as well (or better) than a human could.
5 - I want this technology to succeed, like… yesterday.
I’m biased. Earlier this year my mom had a stroke. It damaged the visual cortex of her brain, and her vision was impaired to the point that she’ll probably never drive again. This reduced her from a fully-functional, independent human being with a career and a buzzing social life into someone who is homebound, disabled, and powerless. When discussing self-driving cars, people tend to ask many superficial questions. They ignore that 45% of disabled people in the US still work. They ignore that 95% of a car’s lifetime is spent parked. They ignore how this technology could transform the lives of the elderly, or eradicate the need for parking lots or garages or gas stations. They dismiss the entire concept because they don’t think a computer could ever be as good at merging on the freeway as they are. They ignore the great, big, beautiful picture: that this technology could make our lives so much better.
6 - It wasn’t an exhilarating ride, and that’s a good thing.
Riding in a self-driving car is not the cybernetic thrill ride one might expect. The car drives like a person, and after a few minutes you forget that you’re being driven autonomously. You forget that a robot is differentiating cars from pedestrians from mopeds from raccoons. You forget that millions of photons are being fired from a laser and interpreting, processing, and reacting to the hand signals of a cyclist. You forget that instead of an organic brain, which has had millions of years to evolve the cognitive ability to fumble its way through a four-way stop, you’re being piloted by an artificial one, which was birthed in less than a decade. The unfortunate part of something this transformative is the inevitable, ardent stupidity which is going to erupt from the general public. Even if in a few years self-driving cars are proven to be ten times safer than human-operated cars, all it’s going to take is one tragic accident and the public is going to lose their minds. There will be outrage. There will be politicizing. There will be hashtags. I say look at the bigger picture. All the self-driving cars currently on the road learn from one another, and possess 40 years of driving experience. And this technology is still in its infancy.
(Adapted from:: <http://theoatmeal.com/blog/google_self_driving_car>
Six things I learned from riding in a Google self-driving car
1 - Human beings are terrible drivers.
We drink. We doze. We text. In the US, 30,000 people die from automobile accidents every year. Traffic crashes are the primary cause of death worldwide for people aged 15-24, and during a crash, 40% of drivers never even hit the brakes. We’re flawed organisms, barreling around at high speeds in vessels covered in glass, metal, distraction, and death. This is one of Google’s “moonshots” – to remove human error from a job which, for the past hundred years, has been entirely human.
2 - Google self-driving cars are timid.
The car we rode in did not strike me as dangerous. It drove slowly and deliberately, and I got the impression that it’s more likely to annoy other drivers than to harm them. In the early versions they tested on closed courses, the vehicles were programmed to be highly aggressive. Apparently during these tests, which involved obstacle courses full of traffic cones and inflatable crash-test objects, there were a lot of screeching brakes, roaring engines and terrified interns.
3 - They’re cute.
Google’s new fleet was intentionally designed to look adorable. Our brains are hardwired to treat inanimate (or animate) objects with greater care, caution, and reverence when they resemble a living thing. By turning self-driving cars into an adorable Skynet Marshmallow Bumper Bots, Google hopes to spiritually disarm other drivers. I also suspect the cuteness is used to quell some of the road rage that might emerge from being stuck behind one of these things. They’re intended as moderate-distance couriers, not openroad warriors, so their max speed is 25 miles per hour.
4 - It’s not done and it’s not perfect.
Some of the scenarios autonomous vehicles have the most trouble with are the same human beings have the most trouble with, such as traversing four-way stops or handling a yellow light. The cars use a mixture of 3D laser-mapping, GPS, and radar to analyze and interpret their surroundings, and the latest versions are fully electric with a range of about 100 miles. Despite the advantages over a human being in certain scenarios, however, these cars still aren’t ready for the real world. They can’t drive in the snow or heavy rain, and there’s a variety of complex situations they do not process well, such as passing through a construction zone. Google is hoping that, eventually, the cars will be able to handle all of this as well (or better) than a human could.
5 - I want this technology to succeed, like… yesterday.
I’m biased. Earlier this year my mom had a stroke. It damaged the visual cortex of her brain, and her vision was impaired to the point that she’ll probably never drive again. This reduced her from a fully-functional, independent human being with a career and a buzzing social life into someone who is homebound, disabled, and powerless. When discussing self-driving cars, people tend to ask many superficial questions. They ignore that 45% of disabled people in the US still work. They ignore that 95% of a car’s lifetime is spent parked. They ignore how this technology could transform the lives of the elderly, or eradicate the need for parking lots or garages or gas stations. They dismiss the entire concept because they don’t think a computer could ever be as good at merging on the freeway as they are. They ignore the great, big, beautiful picture: that this technology could make our lives so much better.
6 - It wasn’t an exhilarating ride, and that’s a good thing.
Riding in a self-driving car is not the cybernetic thrill ride one might expect. The car drives like a person, and after a few minutes you forget that you’re being driven autonomously. You forget that a robot is differentiating cars from pedestrians from mopeds from raccoons. You forget that millions of photons are being fired from a laser and interpreting, processing, and reacting to the hand signals of a cyclist. You forget that instead of an organic brain, which has had millions of years to evolve the cognitive ability to fumble its way through a four-way stop, you’re being piloted by an artificial one, which was birthed in less than a decade. The unfortunate part of something this transformative is the inevitable, ardent stupidity which is going to erupt from the general public. Even if in a few years self-driving cars are proven to be ten times safer than human-operated cars, all it’s going to take is one tragic accident and the public is going to lose their minds. There will be outrage. There will be politicizing. There will be hashtags. I say look at the bigger picture. All the self-driving cars currently on the road learn from one another, and possess 40 years of driving experience. And this technology is still in its infancy.
(Adapted from:: <http://theoatmeal.com/blog/google_self_driving_car>
Six things I learned from riding in a Google self-driving car
1 - Human beings are terrible drivers.
We drink. We doze. We text. In the US, 30,000 people die from automobile accidents every year. Traffic crashes are the primary cause of death worldwide for people aged 15-24, and during a crash, 40% of drivers never even hit the brakes. We’re flawed organisms, barreling around at high speeds in vessels covered in glass, metal, distraction, and death. This is one of Google’s “moonshots” – to remove human error from a job which, for the past hundred years, has been entirely human.
2 - Google self-driving cars are timid.
The car we rode in did not strike me as dangerous. It drove slowly and deliberately, and I got the impression that it’s more likely to annoy other drivers than to harm them. In the early versions they tested on closed courses, the vehicles were programmed to be highly aggressive. Apparently during these tests, which involved obstacle courses full of traffic cones and inflatable crash-test objects, there were a lot of screeching brakes, roaring engines and terrified interns.
3 - They’re cute.
Google’s new fleet was intentionally designed to look adorable. Our brains are hardwired to treat inanimate (or animate) objects with greater care, caution, and reverence when they resemble a living thing. By turning self-driving cars into an adorable Skynet Marshmallow Bumper Bots, Google hopes to spiritually disarm other drivers. I also suspect the cuteness is used to quell some of the road rage that might emerge from being stuck behind one of these things. They’re intended as moderate-distance couriers, not openroad warriors, so their max speed is 25 miles per hour.
4 - It’s not done and it’s not perfect.
Some of the scenarios autonomous vehicles have the most trouble with are the same human beings have the most trouble with, such as traversing four-way stops or handling a yellow light. The cars use a mixture of 3D laser-mapping, GPS, and radar to analyze and interpret their surroundings, and the latest versions are fully electric with a range of about 100 miles. Despite the advantages over a human being in certain scenarios, however, these cars still aren’t ready for the real world. They can’t drive in the snow or heavy rain, and there’s a variety of complex situations they do not process well, such as passing through a construction zone. Google is hoping that, eventually, the cars will be able to handle all of this as well (or better) than a human could.
5 - I want this technology to succeed, like… yesterday.
I’m biased. Earlier this year my mom had a stroke. It damaged the visual cortex of her brain, and her vision was impaired to the point that she’ll probably never drive again. This reduced her from a fully-functional, independent human being with a career and a buzzing social life into someone who is homebound, disabled, and powerless. When discussing self-driving cars, people tend to ask many superficial questions. They ignore that 45% of disabled people in the US still work. They ignore that 95% of a car’s lifetime is spent parked. They ignore how this technology could transform the lives of the elderly, or eradicate the need for parking lots or garages or gas stations. They dismiss the entire concept because they don’t think a computer could ever be as good at merging on the freeway as they are. They ignore the great, big, beautiful picture: that this technology could make our lives so much better.
6 - It wasn’t an exhilarating ride, and that’s a good thing.
Riding in a self-driving car is not the cybernetic thrill ride one might expect. The car drives like a person, and after a few minutes you forget that you’re being driven autonomously. You forget that a robot is differentiating cars from pedestrians from mopeds from raccoons. You forget that millions of photons are being fired from a laser and interpreting, processing, and reacting to the hand signals of a cyclist. You forget that instead of an organic brain, which has had millions of years to evolve the cognitive ability to fumble its way through a four-way stop, you’re being piloted by an artificial one, which was birthed in less than a decade. The unfortunate part of something this transformative is the inevitable, ardent stupidity which is going to erupt from the general public. Even if in a few years self-driving cars are proven to be ten times safer than human-operated cars, all it’s going to take is one tragic accident and the public is going to lose their minds. There will be outrage. There will be politicizing. There will be hashtags. I say look at the bigger picture. All the self-driving cars currently on the road learn from one another, and possess 40 years of driving experience. And this technology is still in its infancy.
(Adapted from:: <http://theoatmeal.com/blog/google_self_driving_car>
Six things I learned from riding in a Google self-driving car
1 - Human beings are terrible drivers.
We drink. We doze. We text. In the US, 30,000 people die from automobile accidents every year. Traffic crashes are the primary cause of death worldwide for people aged 15-24, and during a crash, 40% of drivers never even hit the brakes. We’re flawed organisms, barreling around at high speeds in vessels covered in glass, metal, distraction, and death. This is one of Google’s “moonshots” – to remove human error from a job which, for the past hundred years, has been entirely human.
2 - Google self-driving cars are timid.
The car we rode in did not strike me as dangerous. It drove slowly and deliberately, and I got the impression that it’s more likely to annoy other drivers than to harm them. In the early versions they tested on closed courses, the vehicles were programmed to be highly aggressive. Apparently during these tests, which involved obstacle courses full of traffic cones and inflatable crash-test objects, there were a lot of screeching brakes, roaring engines and terrified interns.
3 - They’re cute.
Google’s new fleet was intentionally designed to look adorable. Our brains are hardwired to treat inanimate (or animate) objects with greater care, caution, and reverence when they resemble a living thing. By turning self-driving cars into an adorable Skynet Marshmallow Bumper Bots, Google hopes to spiritually disarm other drivers. I also suspect the cuteness is used to quell some of the road rage that might emerge from being stuck behind one of these things. They’re intended as moderate-distance couriers, not openroad warriors, so their max speed is 25 miles per hour.
4 - It’s not done and it’s not perfect.
Some of the scenarios autonomous vehicles have the most trouble with are the same human beings have the most trouble with, such as traversing four-way stops or handling a yellow light. The cars use a mixture of 3D laser-mapping, GPS, and radar to analyze and interpret their surroundings, and the latest versions are fully electric with a range of about 100 miles. Despite the advantages over a human being in certain scenarios, however, these cars still aren’t ready for the real world. They can’t drive in the snow or heavy rain, and there’s a variety of complex situations they do not process well, such as passing through a construction zone. Google is hoping that, eventually, the cars will be able to handle all of this as well (or better) than a human could.
5 - I want this technology to succeed, like… yesterday.
I’m biased. Earlier this year my mom had a stroke. It damaged the visual cortex of her brain, and her vision was impaired to the point that she’ll probably never drive again. This reduced her from a fully-functional, independent human being with a career and a buzzing social life into someone who is homebound, disabled, and powerless. When discussing self-driving cars, people tend to ask many superficial questions. They ignore that 45% of disabled people in the US still work. They ignore that 95% of a car’s lifetime is spent parked. They ignore how this technology could transform the lives of the elderly, or eradicate the need for parking lots or garages or gas stations. They dismiss the entire concept because they don’t think a computer could ever be as good at merging on the freeway as they are. They ignore the great, big, beautiful picture: that this technology could make our lives so much better.
6 - It wasn’t an exhilarating ride, and that’s a good thing.
Riding in a self-driving car is not the cybernetic thrill ride one might expect. The car drives like a person, and after a few minutes you forget that you’re being driven autonomously. You forget that a robot is differentiating cars from pedestrians from mopeds from raccoons. You forget that millions of photons are being fired from a laser and interpreting, processing, and reacting to the hand signals of a cyclist. You forget that instead of an organic brain, which has had millions of years to evolve the cognitive ability to fumble its way through a four-way stop, you’re being piloted by an artificial one, which was birthed in less than a decade. The unfortunate part of something this transformative is the inevitable, ardent stupidity which is going to erupt from the general public. Even if in a few years self-driving cars are proven to be ten times safer than human-operated cars, all it’s going to take is one tragic accident and the public is going to lose their minds. There will be outrage. There will be politicizing. There will be hashtags. I say look at the bigger picture. All the self-driving cars currently on the road learn from one another, and possess 40 years of driving experience. And this technology is still in its infancy.
(Adapted from:: <http://theoatmeal.com/blog/google_self_driving_car>
Six things I learned from riding in a Google self-driving car
1 - Human beings are terrible drivers.
We drink. We doze. We text. In the US, 30,000 people die from automobile accidents every year. Traffic crashes are the primary cause of death worldwide for people aged 15-24, and during a crash, 40% of drivers never even hit the brakes. We’re flawed organisms, barreling around at high speeds in vessels covered in glass, metal, distraction, and death. This is one of Google’s “moonshots” – to remove human error from a job which, for the past hundred years, has been entirely human.
2 - Google self-driving cars are timid.
The car we rode in did not strike me as dangerous. It drove slowly and deliberately, and I got the impression that it’s more likely to annoy other drivers than to harm them. In the early versions they tested on closed courses, the vehicles were programmed to be highly aggressive. Apparently during these tests, which involved obstacle courses full of traffic cones and inflatable crash-test objects, there were a lot of screeching brakes, roaring engines and terrified interns.
3 - They’re cute.
Google’s new fleet was intentionally designed to look adorable. Our brains are hardwired to treat inanimate (or animate) objects with greater care, caution, and reverence when they resemble a living thing. By turning self-driving cars into an adorable Skynet Marshmallow Bumper Bots, Google hopes to spiritually disarm other drivers. I also suspect the cuteness is used to quell some of the road rage that might emerge from being stuck behind one of these things. They’re intended as moderate-distance couriers, not openroad warriors, so their max speed is 25 miles per hour.
4 - It’s not done and it’s not perfect.
Some of the scenarios autonomous vehicles have the most trouble with are the same human beings have the most trouble with, such as traversing four-way stops or handling a yellow light. The cars use a mixture of 3D laser-mapping, GPS, and radar to analyze and interpret their surroundings, and the latest versions are fully electric with a range of about 100 miles. Despite the advantages over a human being in certain scenarios, however, these cars still aren’t ready for the real world. They can’t drive in the snow or heavy rain, and there’s a variety of complex situations they do not process well, such as passing through a construction zone. Google is hoping that, eventually, the cars will be able to handle all of this as well (or better) than a human could.
5 - I want this technology to succeed, like… yesterday.
I’m biased. Earlier this year my mom had a stroke. It damaged the visual cortex of her brain, and her vision was impaired to the point that she’ll probably never drive again. This reduced her from a fully-functional, independent human being with a career and a buzzing social life into someone who is homebound, disabled, and powerless. When discussing self-driving cars, people tend to ask many superficial questions. They ignore that 45% of disabled people in the US still work. They ignore that 95% of a car’s lifetime is spent parked. They ignore how this technology could transform the lives of the elderly, or eradicate the need for parking lots or garages or gas stations. They dismiss the entire concept because they don’t think a computer could ever be as good at merging on the freeway as they are. They ignore the great, big, beautiful picture: that this technology could make our lives so much better.
6 - It wasn’t an exhilarating ride, and that’s a good thing.
Riding in a self-driving car is not the cybernetic thrill ride one might expect. The car drives like a person, and after a few minutes you forget that you’re being driven autonomously. You forget that a robot is differentiating cars from pedestrians from mopeds from raccoons. You forget that millions of photons are being fired from a laser and interpreting, processing, and reacting to the hand signals of a cyclist. You forget that instead of an organic brain, which has had millions of years to evolve the cognitive ability to fumble its way through a four-way stop, you’re being piloted by an artificial one, which was birthed in less than a decade. The unfortunate part of something this transformative is the inevitable, ardent stupidity which is going to erupt from the general public. Even if in a few years self-driving cars are proven to be ten times safer than human-operated cars, all it’s going to take is one tragic accident and the public is going to lose their minds. There will be outrage. There will be politicizing. There will be hashtags. I say look at the bigger picture. All the self-driving cars currently on the road learn from one another, and possess 40 years of driving experience. And this technology is still in its infancy.
(Adapted from:: <http://theoatmeal.com/blog/google_self_driving_car>
Consider the following characteristics of the new Google self-driving car:
1. It runs on batteries and petrol.
2. It can be used in extreme weather conditions.
3. It has a design which requires further modifications.
4. It can reach the speed of 25 miles per hour.
Mark the correct alternative.
Six things I learned from riding in a Google self-driving car
1 - Human beings are terrible drivers.
We drink. We doze. We text. In the US, 30,000 people die from automobile accidents every year. Traffic crashes are the primary cause of death worldwide for people aged 15-24, and during a crash, 40% of drivers never even hit the brakes. We’re flawed organisms, barreling around at high speeds in vessels covered in glass, metal, distraction, and death. This is one of Google’s “moonshots” – to remove human error from a job which, for the past hundred years, has been entirely human.
2 - Google self-driving cars are timid.
The car we rode in did not strike me as dangerous. It drove slowly and deliberately, and I got the impression that it’s more likely to annoy other drivers than to harm them. In the early versions they tested on closed courses, the vehicles were programmed to be highly aggressive. Apparently during these tests, which involved obstacle courses full of traffic cones and inflatable crash-test objects, there were a lot of screeching brakes, roaring engines and terrified interns.
3 - They’re cute.
Google’s new fleet was intentionally designed to look adorable. Our brains are hardwired to treat inanimate (or animate) objects with greater care, caution, and reverence when they resemble a living thing. By turning self-driving cars into an adorable Skynet Marshmallow Bumper Bots, Google hopes to spiritually disarm other drivers. I also suspect the cuteness is used to quell some of the road rage that might emerge from being stuck behind one of these things. They’re intended as moderate-distance couriers, not openroad warriors, so their max speed is 25 miles per hour.
4 - It’s not done and it’s not perfect.
Some of the scenarios autonomous vehicles have the most trouble with are the same human beings have the most trouble with, such as traversing four-way stops or handling a yellow light. The cars use a mixture of 3D laser-mapping, GPS, and radar to analyze and interpret their surroundings, and the latest versions are fully electric with a range of about 100 miles. Despite the advantages over a human being in certain scenarios, however, these cars still aren’t ready for the real world. They can’t drive in the snow or heavy rain, and there’s a variety of complex situations they do not process well, such as passing through a construction zone. Google is hoping that, eventually, the cars will be able to handle all of this as well (or better) than a human could.
5 - I want this technology to succeed, like… yesterday.
I’m biased. Earlier this year my mom had a stroke. It damaged the visual cortex of her brain, and her vision was impaired to the point that she’ll probably never drive again. This reduced her from a fully-functional, independent human being with a career and a buzzing social life into someone who is homebound, disabled, and powerless. When discussing self-driving cars, people tend to ask many superficial questions. They ignore that 45% of disabled people in the US still work. They ignore that 95% of a car’s lifetime is spent parked. They ignore how this technology could transform the lives of the elderly, or eradicate the need for parking lots or garages or gas stations. They dismiss the entire concept because they don’t think a computer could ever be as good at merging on the freeway as they are. They ignore the great, big, beautiful picture: that this technology could make our lives so much better.
6 - It wasn’t an exhilarating ride, and that’s a good thing.
Riding in a self-driving car is not the cybernetic thrill ride one might expect. The car drives like a person, and after a few minutes you forget that you’re being driven autonomously. You forget that a robot is differentiating cars from pedestrians from mopeds from raccoons. You forget that millions of photons are being fired from a laser and interpreting, processing, and reacting to the hand signals of a cyclist. You forget that instead of an organic brain, which has had millions of years to evolve the cognitive ability to fumble its way through a four-way stop, you’re being piloted by an artificial one, which was birthed in less than a decade. The unfortunate part of something this transformative is the inevitable, ardent stupidity which is going to erupt from the general public. Even if in a few years self-driving cars are proven to be ten times safer than human-operated cars, all it’s going to take is one tragic accident and the public is going to lose their minds. There will be outrage. There will be politicizing. There will be hashtags. I say look at the bigger picture. All the self-driving cars currently on the road learn from one another, and possess 40 years of driving experience. And this technology is still in its infancy.
(Adapted from:: <http://theoatmeal.com/blog/google_self_driving_car>
Six things I learned from riding in a Google self-driving car
1 - Human beings are terrible drivers.
We drink. We doze. We text. In the US, 30,000 people die from automobile accidents every year. Traffic crashes are the primary cause of death worldwide for people aged 15-24, and during a crash, 40% of drivers never even hit the brakes. We’re flawed organisms, barreling around at high speeds in vessels covered in glass, metal, distraction, and death. This is one of Google’s “moonshots” – to remove human error from a job which, for the past hundred years, has been entirely human.
2 - Google self-driving cars are timid.
The car we rode in did not strike me as dangerous. It drove slowly and deliberately, and I got the impression that it’s more likely to annoy other drivers than to harm them. In the early versions they tested on closed courses, the vehicles were programmed to be highly aggressive. Apparently during these tests, which involved obstacle courses full of traffic cones and inflatable crash-test objects, there were a lot of screeching brakes, roaring engines and terrified interns.
3 - They’re cute.
Google’s new fleet was intentionally designed to look adorable. Our brains are hardwired to treat inanimate (or animate) objects with greater care, caution, and reverence when they resemble a living thing. By turning self-driving cars into an adorable Skynet Marshmallow Bumper Bots, Google hopes to spiritually disarm other drivers. I also suspect the cuteness is used to quell some of the road rage that might emerge from being stuck behind one of these things. They’re intended as moderate-distance couriers, not openroad warriors, so their max speed is 25 miles per hour.
4 - It’s not done and it’s not perfect.
Some of the scenarios autonomous vehicles have the most trouble with are the same human beings have the most trouble with, such as traversing four-way stops or handling a yellow light. The cars use a mixture of 3D laser-mapping, GPS, and radar to analyze and interpret their surroundings, and the latest versions are fully electric with a range of about 100 miles. Despite the advantages over a human being in certain scenarios, however, these cars still aren’t ready for the real world. They can’t drive in the snow or heavy rain, and there’s a variety of complex situations they do not process well, such as passing through a construction zone. Google is hoping that, eventually, the cars will be able to handle all of this as well (or better) than a human could.
5 - I want this technology to succeed, like… yesterday.
I’m biased. Earlier this year my mom had a stroke. It damaged the visual cortex of her brain, and her vision was impaired to the point that she’ll probably never drive again. This reduced her from a fully-functional, independent human being with a career and a buzzing social life into someone who is homebound, disabled, and powerless. When discussing self-driving cars, people tend to ask many superficial questions. They ignore that 45% of disabled people in the US still work. They ignore that 95% of a car’s lifetime is spent parked. They ignore how this technology could transform the lives of the elderly, or eradicate the need for parking lots or garages or gas stations. They dismiss the entire concept because they don’t think a computer could ever be as good at merging on the freeway as they are. They ignore the great, big, beautiful picture: that this technology could make our lives so much better.
6 - It wasn’t an exhilarating ride, and that’s a good thing.
Riding in a self-driving car is not the cybernetic thrill ride one might expect. The car drives like a person, and after a few minutes you forget that you’re being driven autonomously. You forget that a robot is differentiating cars from pedestrians from mopeds from raccoons. You forget that millions of photons are being fired from a laser and interpreting, processing, and reacting to the hand signals of a cyclist. You forget that instead of an organic brain, which has had millions of years to evolve the cognitive ability to fumble its way through a four-way stop, you’re being piloted by an artificial one, which was birthed in less than a decade. The unfortunate part of something this transformative is the inevitable, ardent stupidity which is going to erupt from the general public. Even if in a few years self-driving cars are proven to be ten times safer than human-operated cars, all it’s going to take is one tragic accident and the public is going to lose their minds. There will be outrage. There will be politicizing. There will be hashtags. I say look at the bigger picture. All the self-driving cars currently on the road learn from one another, and possess 40 years of driving experience. And this technology is still in its infancy.
(Adapted from:: <http://theoatmeal.com/blog/google_self_driving_car>
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