OT: Ann Arbor Domino's will Soon Have Driverless Pizza Delivery Vehicles
http://www.mlive.com/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2017/08/dominos_and_f…
Besides being quite cool in its own right - hey, who wouldn't want pizza delivered via artificial intelligence - I think there has to be a joke in here somewhere. Maybe something about MSU and OSU grads everywhere facing unprecedented competition in the labor market in the years ahead due to automation? Yeah, something like that...
August 29th, 2017 at 3:54 PM ^
That will end well.
August 29th, 2017 at 4:07 PM ^
The way most pizza delivery drivers drive, this will be an improvement.
Even if it hits a few things now and then.
August 29th, 2017 at 5:52 PM ^
This is what I don't understand about the opposition to self driving cars... Have you SEEN how humans drive? Please god let the robots take over.
August 29th, 2017 at 6:57 PM ^
August 29th, 2017 at 11:04 PM ^
The nice thing about driverless cars is lessons learned are passed through the system.
Each time a new challenge is overcome the solution is added to the code so the mistake doesn't happen again anywhere. Human drivers can't effectively share lessons so errors are often repeated by multiple drivers.
August 30th, 2017 at 2:37 AM ^
Aviation is a good example. Six Sigma type commitments to quality have made decade on decade record yeilds in semiconductor manufacture. These are both human driven.
My daughter went through driver's ed last year. There are real lessons being passed.
Self driving machines and AI are great but I don't think they end well for the human race. I hope I'm wrong. I know I will be in the short term... in the long term...we're ef'd.
August 30th, 2017 at 10:57 AM ^
Aviation is regulated enough to make this effective, but driving is not. It's good that 2016 driver's ed classes incorporated stuff we've learned from research and experience, but i'm sure there are still people on the road who learned to drive in the 50's and have never taken a refresher course. (Unrelated to learning, but they have also probably lost a step in vision, reflexes, etc.)
And it's very unlikely driving privileges ever get regulated to the point where drivers are recertified regularly like I assume pilots are. On the other hand, there should certainly be regulations on manufacturers of autonomous vehicles to prevent them from creating cars that will drive in unsafe ways. In short, I believe self-driving vehicles are our only hope for significantly improving driving safety.
August 29th, 2017 at 3:54 PM ^
This is clearly Skynet's first move, using their first soldiers to send out pizza to make us fat so we can't fight back
August 29th, 2017 at 4:00 PM ^
Then they over take Papa John's and assimilate the company, saying, "we will add your pizza's taste and ingredient distinctiveness to our own..."
August 29th, 2017 at 6:05 PM ^
staee grads better hope Jet's Pizza doesn't go driverless....
August 29th, 2017 at 7:32 PM ^
They've got one down here across town, always interested but never want to drive over there to find out.
August 29th, 2017 at 8:29 PM ^
August 29th, 2017 at 8:33 PM ^
They have a square deep dish style much like a Buddy's or Shield's, would say it is just as good as Buddy's and better than Shield's. Beware, they put a lot of tomato sauce which is very acidic, YMMV.
August 30th, 2017 at 6:46 AM ^
August 29th, 2017 at 9:38 PM ^
They're testing self-burning couches in East Lansing.
August 30th, 2017 at 10:51 AM ^
you still have to waddle out to the car and get your own pizza out of it. They need a terminator to bring it to your door and ask for Sarah Connor.
August 29th, 2017 at 3:54 PM ^
A pedestrian hit in 30 minutes or less--or your cardboard pizza's free!
August 29th, 2017 at 3:55 PM ^
I know they aren't going to make you come down to the car because if you have to put pants on then forget about it.
August 29th, 2017 at 3:58 PM ^
they can take the pizza from the car to your door
August 29th, 2017 at 3:59 PM ^
I think there will be a compartment in the back of the car, and you enter a code and retrieve your pizza.
August 29th, 2017 at 4:35 PM ^
Yeah putting on pants and leaving the confines of your home 100% defeats the purpose of delivery.
August 29th, 2017 at 5:28 PM ^
August 29th, 2017 at 10:53 PM ^
Agree with nerv. Need drones to bring pizza to the door from the car or this is a no-go.
August 30th, 2017 at 11:01 AM ^
Are people really greeting delivery people in their boxers?
I absolutely acknowledge that walking out of your house to the street is a downgrade from the existing state of pizza delivery, and I can see how it would be a dealbreaker for some people, but, do you literally mean you don't put on pants to get your pizza?
August 29th, 2017 at 5:22 PM ^
August 29th, 2017 at 6:24 PM ^
remain to be resolved
August 29th, 2017 at 6:25 PM ^
Remember when airlines started charging for baggage?
We will do what corporate America wants us to do..maybe with a bit of bitching and moaning, but we will eventually go along with it.
Big savings for companies once their capital costs are covered and we save the tip...and it may not take long for a robot to walk from the car to your door.
in the same Mlive piece there is reference to another piece for a North Campus driverless shuttle coming this fall.
http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2017/06/mcity_will_offer_…
August 29th, 2017 at 7:30 PM ^
August 29th, 2017 at 8:06 PM ^
Just keep a pair of assless chaps by the front door. Easy on, easy off.
August 30th, 2017 at 9:52 AM ^
It's OK, the machines won't judge you.
August 30th, 2017 at 10:42 AM ^
There will be a Ford engineer creeping inside the vehicle in case something goes wrong.
August 29th, 2017 at 3:58 PM ^
they haven't delivered anything anyone can call pizza for years.
August 29th, 2017 at 6:25 PM ^
to be exact. When I was a kid at Huron we were already commenting that they were terrible. Why ANYONE in A2 would ever touch a Domino's pizza, with all the good food. . .
August 29th, 2017 at 6:46 PM ^
to be exact. When I was a kid at Huron we were already commenting that they were terrible. Why ANYONE in A2 would ever touch a Domino's pizza, with all the good food. . .
August 29th, 2017 at 8:59 PM ^
Wont even lie, I don't mind Domino's now. Couldn't stand them for years but I like their new recipes theyre using. I also like I can get a pizza I enjoy with multiple toppings for 8 bucks and (at least near me) theyre open till 1am or later. Late night pizza is crucial when you're on afternoons.
August 29th, 2017 at 9:05 PM ^
GO RATS!
August 29th, 2017 at 3:59 PM ^
from the looks of Toys R Us stock, this is bad news for Dave Brandon, as Dominos delivery was about the last thing left anyone would hire him for
August 29th, 2017 at 4:15 PM ^
still hasn't sold - despite dropping the price more than a million.
August 29th, 2017 at 4:22 PM ^
6 bedrooms and 12 BATHROOMS? Just in case everyone in your house has to poop and pee in separate bathrooms at the same time?????
August 29th, 2017 at 5:18 PM ^
Well, if all the people around you - with increasing frequency and bluster - refuse to simply quit drinking and go to bed, you first need more pizza but you also need more bathrooms because of the pizza and drinking.
Anyway, I think that's how it works. Alternatively, he could have simply had a thing for toilets. That seems feasible too.
August 29th, 2017 at 6:39 PM ^
At least when he has his THEEEEE ohio friends over, the coolers will be safe....
August 29th, 2017 at 8:08 PM ^
Dave had a bad prostate problem, and it made for very frequent—albeit unsatisfying—urination.
August 30th, 2017 at 2:33 PM ^
No it was so he could gaze at himself in the mirror while in any room of the house.
August 29th, 2017 at 9:30 PM ^
After he leaves they'll have to say their toys taste better.
August 29th, 2017 at 3:59 PM ^
MGoFord!
August 29th, 2017 at 3:59 PM ^
Sweet. Now I don't have to tip.
August 29th, 2017 at 4:03 PM ^
That car is depending on your tips to put itself through college.