The Great Autonomous Failure; Lucid Air GT; Q&A

The Smoking Tire

Zack Klapman, Matt Farah

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🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 111 minutes

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2 years ago a lot of companies said autonomous cars were right around the corner. Why did they say that and where did they go? Matt and Zack debate both. Also, our big Civic Type R vs Supra manual comparison video is up; we've returned the Lucid GT Air; Matt heads to Morocco soon to drive the Porsche Dakar; and there's Q&A with our Patrons. If you want to enjoy all the benefits of Private Internet Access, now’s the time to subscribe. Head to PIAVPN.com/TIRE and get an 83% discount. That’s just $2.03 a month, and you also get 4 extra months completely FREE Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Tweet at us! https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

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0:00.0	But it just seems like there are infinite what ifs and someone who are going,
0:05.1	okay, we need to program this computer for all the what ifs and you go,
0:09.1	what do you mean all the what ifs?
0:10.4	There's literally infinite what ifs.
0:13.7	And there's just, there's just, there's no way to do that.
0:17.8	I think that's what everyone just figured out.
0:20.4	I think that's what everybody figured out.
0:22.5	Why do you don't need to be an engineer to figure that out?
0:26.3	And you just kind of need common sense.
0:28.1	But I mean, so many humans are told we can't do something and they go,
0:32.9	I'm going to try and then they succeed at it.
0:35.2	And so you have to have some of that idealism.
0:37.6	I mean, that's literally like the space program.
0:39.7	You have to have some of that.
0:40.9	Yeah, but there's the space, the space program isn't that you're not,
0:46.5	there's not random fucking people flying around.
0:49.3	No, I mean, it's not that, but 80 years ago when someone said,
0:54.0	I'm going to send it to be great if we could have a rocket get up to the space
0:57.1	and see the earth from the heavens and someone.
0:58.9	Sure, but that is not.
1:00.1	The horses aren't going to pull you up there.
1:01.5	Like someone had to think about it.
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