Photo: Screenshot from TheOatmeal.com
After Matthew Inman received a cool $1 million for the Nikola Tesla Museum from Elon Musk, the guy most of us refer to as The Oatmeal tried something new. As most of his fans know, Inman is the happy owner of a Tesla Model S all-electric luxury sedan.
He even reviewed it some months back in his own humorous way, dubbing it cheesy names like “Intergalactic SpaceBoat of Light and Wonder" and "Electric CruiseBeast of Protons and Wormholes."
It’s a good read, especially if you're into how the, but The Oatmeal’s first ride in Google’s autonomous vehicle is more serious than his goofy Model S story.
It’s rather unconventional to start with “In the US, 30,000 people die from automobile accidents every year” and other unnatural remarks for The Oatmeal. Matthew categorized this story into six chapters: “Human beings are terrible drivers, Google self-driving cars are timid, They're cute, It’s not done and it’s not perfect, I want this technology to succeed, like … yesterday, It wasn’t an exhilarating ride, and that's a good thing.”
We don’t want to spoil the read for you because we at autoevolution hate spoilers as well. Prepare for a very interesting take on the future of four-wheeled personal transport, with little to no humor at all.
If you’re still not convinced to head on to The Oatmeal, then at least hear the man’s conclusion on this subject: “I say ignore the anecdotes, embrace the data. I’m ready for our army of Skynet Marshmallow Bumper Bots. I’m ready for the future. I'm ready for the marshmallows.”
It’s a good read, especially if you're into how the, but The Oatmeal’s first ride in Google’s autonomous vehicle is more serious than his goofy Model S story.
32-year-old Inman was recently invited by Google for a spin in the notorious self-driving car
In his post of the experience, The Oatmeal claims that he wasn’t allow to drive it, but managed to exchange info on the hi-tech contraption with the engineers. Regarding the Google autonomous vehicle, there’s coverage on the subject on our website, so let’s concentrate on Inman’s left-field impressions.It’s rather unconventional to start with “In the US, 30,000 people die from automobile accidents every year” and other unnatural remarks for The Oatmeal. Matthew categorized this story into six chapters: “Human beings are terrible drivers, Google self-driving cars are timid, They're cute, It’s not done and it’s not perfect, I want this technology to succeed, like … yesterday, It wasn’t an exhilarating ride, and that's a good thing.”
We don’t want to spoil the read for you because we at autoevolution hate spoilers as well. Prepare for a very interesting take on the future of four-wheeled personal transport, with little to no humor at all.
If you’re still not convinced to head on to The Oatmeal, then at least hear the man’s conclusion on this subject: “I say ignore the anecdotes, embrace the data. I’m ready for our army of Skynet Marshmallow Bumper Bots. I’m ready for the future. I'm ready for the marshmallows.”
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