For automotive enthusiasts who love driving, autonomous cars are the. metastasis of an insidious rot that began with GM's Hydra-Matic and shifted into overdrive with Porsche's eye-wateringly complex Doppelkupplungsgetriebe. To the true disbelievers, there is a simple truth about the modern automotive universe: The smarter the car, the dumber it is to drive. They're right, to a point. Today's cars have taken a lot of the skill and sensitivity, the feel and finesse, out of the art of driving; they're able to figure out everything from gear change points to tire slip angles to optimal throttle inputs to maximum braking inputs. And with an autonomous car, you won't even have to point it and plant it. Just put the brain in neutral, sit back, and ride.
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