Good luck selling that to the RMT

Driverless trains have been possible for years. You don't need AI

Posted By: Ben on June 24th 2026 at 13:33:22

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Extremely sad news about the train crash (General Chat) - footymadman, Jun 24, 13:18:03
- I’m quite an expert in AI and I can safely say that train travel will not become safer (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 24, 14:04:45
- Good luck selling that to the RMT (General Chat) - Ben, Jun 24, 13:33:22
  - But... (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Jun 24, 13:41:48
  - Wealth tax on the AI profits Bish bash bosh (n/m) (General Chat) - footymadman, Jun 24, 13:39:57
    - taxing profit is not taxing wealth (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 24, 13:45:38
      - Ai company profits become wealth (n/m) (General Chat) - footymadman, Jun 24, 13:51:24
        
        Yes, that's the point of making profits (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 24, 14:06:30
  - that post interrupted my lunch break; sorry, it'll have to start again ... (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 24, 13:39:42
- Not if you know how AI works (n/m) (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Jun 24, 13:30:59
  - Statistically more likely to be safer if built and applied properly (General Chat) - footymadman, Jun 24, 13:34:01
    - Really? (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Jun 24, 13:40:27
- So he went through a red light (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:27:57
  - Yeah defo braked (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:48:13
    - From my limited experience in handling a liability scheme for rail ops.. (General Chat) - Ruttles, Jun 24, 17:32:37
    - From my limited experience in handling a liability scheme for rail ops.. (General Chat) - Ruttles, Jun 24, 17:06:59
      - Cheers so he would have stopped at the red? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 17:21:46
        
        Yes (sorry posted twice as new iPad didn’t show) (n/m) (General Chat) - Ruttles, Jun 24, 17:33:41
    - For a crash at 49mph, the trains involved have dealt with the impact v well (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Jun 24, 14:42:26
      - Yeah expected a lot more destruction (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 14:50:34
    - Or the system braked for him (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 14:09:23
  - Seems odd to me.... more facts needed (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Jun 24, 13:33:27
    - 👍 (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 24, 13:43:41

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