>AI Comes For Drag Racers' Jobs As GM Patents Automated Launch ControlDrag racing IS USA car culture and claiming USA car culture at something else is a larp. AI is coming for all of us. Not necessarily in an apocalyptic world like "The Terminator" or "The Matrix," but by stealing jobs from truck drivers, astronauts, and even Jalopnik writers (despite what I read in the comments, I assure you we're all human beings — at least, for now). Not even drag racers are safe, thanks to a launch control system GM patented that not only automates the launch process, but even reads the countdown Christmas tree to time a perfect launch.Patents can be wordy and cumbersome to read, but Road & Track sums this one up nicely. Some cars already have launch control systems, which can get you off the line as quickly as possible with the perfect balance of power and traction. Pair those systems with the cameras being used in cars today and the rest is a simple matter of programming. The potential future tech uses the car's cameras to recognize the Christmas tree lights at a drag strip, and a prompt instructs the driver to activate launch control.https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a74347790/gm-patent-launch-control-watches-drag-strip-christmas-tree-launches-for-you/
>>29146007so far every time someone or a company has tried to replace people with AI they find out that it costs just as much as just hiring a person but with little to no accountability when shit goes south
>>29146011until we invent quantum computing for the masses, AI will only ever be able to gain knowledge and be more efficient at using that knowledge, but it can't become autonomous and won't replace most work until it does.
>>29146019>until we invent quantum computing for the massesDo you seriously think that calculating cunning CEOs like Sam Altman are going to let you have your own quantum computer at home?The corporate endgame is computing power as a subscription service, and the rising prices of RAM and GPU only delight greedy assholes like him — "You will own nothing, and you will be happy."
>>29146007Thereres no point in racing automatics, there's no point in racing your ai launch control car either.
>>29146039Isnt that all drag racing post 1970s?
>GM has announced that they will have their flagship performance platform banned at all competitive drag racing eventslmfao
>>29146007But the AI still can't do my laundry
>>29146089who the fuck is drag racing factory cars anyway?
>>29146089Who cares?What the fuck are these "great events" anyway?
>>29146093A lot of people, just not usually professionally. Have you never been to a Friday night Test & Tune ($20 in the door to run all night) or street raced?
>>29146094there are more forms of racing than just muh f1 (You) yurotrash
>>29146116>Friday night Test & TuneSo not a competitive event?
>>29146214Thats all drag events outside of the NHRA
>>29146007As someone who works with automation on the daily, it's flawed at best; Unusable at worst.Automation is like a baby with a jar of peanut butter.You have to constantly watch it to make sure you don't get a coated peanut butter baby.
>>29146093>>29146214if by "factory" you mean totally OEM then not so many but if you mean like using a factory car as a platform for upgraded internals/forced induction/drivetrain etc. while retaining the rest of the factory car (frame/dash/doors/headlights/etc.) then yes there are multiple competitive classes racing in multiple times a year at multiple events across the US doing just that.your question is kind of ironic considering that what i just described above is the entire basis of hot rods and therefore why drag racing is even a thing
>>29146007This is bullcrap. Launch control is nothing new and this is not even a notable improvement in functionality.
>>29146163Could you be any more of a stereotype?
