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"The industry in the long term will have a lot of autonomous cars," explains Roborace CEO and reigning Formula E champion Lucas Di Grassi. "I believe that we need a niche in motorsport to promote this kind of technology."A pause. And then a smile. "I don"t believe in racing with them, I believe you can go completely crazy. When there are no lives at stake, you can really go and do any kind of challenge you want."Welcome then, to a future that Top Gear sincerely hopes will see AI-programmed electric supercars duke it out for the mirth of humankind. Think The Running Man, only with less humans and more autonomous electric racecars. Now that"ll hit the spot."It could be anything," Di Grassi confirms. "I don"t believe it would be exciting to the public to watch AI race itself. But I think it would be exciting to see what AI could do in extreme scenarios. Basically, anything that motorsport cannot do, to showcase how precise and good this AI technology is."There"s a follow-up point once the AI Roboracers have finished destroying each other for amusement (we hope). And that"s to encourage the growth of autonomous technology that"ll benefit actual, real human drivers."The idea is to create something, be the first one, put it out there and have OEMs and others show us what they can do. We want to develop new talents, new engineers and new technology. Safety technology that you cannot really try on the road at high speeds," he said.
Date written: 4 Dec 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10178
"The industry in the long term will have a lot of autonomous cars," explains Roborace CEO and reigning Formula E champion Lucas Di Grassi. "I believe that we need a niche in motorsport to promote this kind of technology."A pause. And then a smile. "I don"t believe in racing with them, I believe you can go completely crazy. When there are no lives at stake, you can really go and do any kind of challenge you want."Welcome then, to a future that Top Gear sincerely hopes will see AI-programmed electric supercars duke it out for the mirth of humankind. Think The Running Man, only with less humans and more autonomous electric racecars. Now that"ll hit the spot."It could be anything," Di Grassi confirms. "I don"t believe it would be exciting to the public to watch AI race itself. But I think it would be exciting to see what AI could do in extreme scenarios. Basically, anything that motorsport cannot do, to showcase how precise and good this AI technology is."There"s a follow-up point once the AI Roboracers have finished destroying each other for amusement (we hope). And that"s to encourage the growth of autonomous technology that"ll benefit actual, real human drivers."The idea is to create something, be the first one, put it out there and have OEMs and others show us what they can do. We want to develop new talents, new engineers and new technology. Safety technology that you cannot really try on the road at high speeds," he said.
Date written: 4 Dec 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10178
