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I think this might matter most when it comes to self-driving cars. Google's cars have already been driving around for quite some time, in real traffic, against
by esolyt 11y ago
I think this might matter most when it comes to self-driving cars. Google's cars have already been driving around for quite some time, in real traffic, against real drivers.
It is impossible for Apple to keep their self-driving car project secret (if there is one) and get some real-world experience at the same time.
- onion2k 11y agoIt is impossible for Apple to keep their self-driving car project secret (if there is one) and get some real-world experience at the same time. How do you know they're not already testing a car in public and they can keep it a secret?
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- ucaetano 11y agoBecause you need a permit for that, and Apple doesn't have one.
- donkeyd 11y agoUnless they're doing it under the cover of a shell corporation.
- ucaetano 11y agoWhich would still be very easy to track, since the permits are public. Or do you think nobody would notice a permit issued to "Ladron de Manzanas Inc" or whatever name nobody ever heard of? Not to mention the accidents. How would Apple hide all those human-cause SDC accidents? Occam's Razor is telling me there are no Apple SDCs on the streets, but hey, maybe they invented an invisible, aethereal SDC registered under a shell corporation that nobody became curious about :)
- briandear 11y agoThey also don't have to test in the United States.
- ucaetano 11y agoSo they would need to enter into a secret agreement with a foreign government, create secret facilities, ship the car around the world, still make their cars invisible and ethereal, just so they could test their SDCs in real traffic? The plot thickens. Add a couple rocket launchers and you have a Hollywood blockbuster.
- TheOtherHobbes 11y agoEspecially if it flies. Then they'd only need to deal with the FAA, and no one is looking in that direction.
- icebraining 11y agoThere are only 10 companies and they are fairly well known: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/vr/autonomous/testing https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/vr/autonomous/testi...
- tcas 11y agoThat's only a list for California, each state seems to have their own laws and might not require disclosure of the companies: http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/wiki/index.php/Automated_Driving:_Legislative_and_Regulatory_Action http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/wiki/index.php/Automated_Drivin...
- berntb 11y agoThe previous comment was voted down? Does that mean it obviously is not legal in USA (or any country close to California) to test self driving systems with a driver at the wheel, ready to take over in a fraction of a second?