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"The best fuzzy rules, the best knowledge, deal with the turning points of the system. If a race-car driver teaches you how to drive, you don't need him to show you how to drive on the straightaway. It's how he handles the curves that matters."
- Bart Kosko
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| One-Man Car | ||
| A small transport vehicle. |
This is one of the essential ideas of the robotaxi era; the notion that, instead of needing to purchase one car that met all your needs, you would call the minimum vehicle for each occasion.
| Farr paid his fare, summoned a one-man car to the dock, jumped in, dialed his destination, and relaxed into the seat...
The hum of the car soothed him. His eyes grew heavy; he started to doze. The car vibrated, jerked, and shunted off the main tube toward the ocean... The door snapped open and an uniformed attendant assisted him to the deck. |
| From The Houses of Iszm,
by Jack Vance. Published by Better Publications in 1954 Additional resources -
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Compare to the single seat scooter from The Star King (1964) by Jack Vance.
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