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There are just too many edge cases. I believe, that we'll get some kind of hybrid solution: computer drives on the highway during daytime otherwise drivers take

There are just too many edge cases. I believe, that we'll get some kind of hybrid solution: computer drives on the highway during daytime otherwise drivers takes over. In Switzerland we have those wonderful pass roads. On one side you have the mountain, on the other side there's nothing. Never in my life would I let a computer drive down that road with my family in it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDilGBIiKxI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDilGBIiKxI Sometimes roads are so narrow, that drivers naturally honk while going round corners. If there's a honk back you gotta slow down. Now add some snow fall and fog and drive down in the night. Good luck!

throwaway7767 11y ago
> There are just too many edge cases. I believe, that we'll get some kind of hybrid solution: computer drives on the highway during daytime otherwise drivers takes over. Most likely, it'll start out as driving assist systems (like an advanced cruise control, similar to what tesla recently deployed). The computer does the driving, but the car needs a driver in the drivers seat, picking his nose and waiting for the very rare instance when intervention is needed. To be honest, I think this would be a step back. Risk compensation[0] will ensure humans will put way too much faith in the system, and not be alert enough to intervene when needed. Plus, driving is boring enough when you're actually driving the car. Just sitting still on a 4+ hour journey, not able to actually do anything else (because you need to keep your eyes on the road) sounds like a special kind of hell to me. Self-driving cars would be a huge leap forward. More driving assist systems will just make people less careful. We can already see a lot of manufacturers rebranding their driving assist systems as "self-driving cars" because it's the cool thing to do. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_compensation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_compensation

throwaway7767 11y ago

> There are just too many edge cases. I believe, that we'll get some kind of hybrid solution: computer drives on the highway during daytime otherwise drivers takes over. Most likely, it'll start out as driving assist systems (like an advanced cruise control, similar to what tesla recently deployed). The computer does the driving, but the car needs a driver in the drivers seat, picking his nose and waiting for the very rare instance when intervention is needed. To be honest, I think this would be a step back. Risk compensation[0] will ensure humans will put way too much faith in the system, and not be alert enough to intervene when needed. Plus, driving is boring enough when you're actually driving the car. Just sitting still on a 4+ hour journey, not able to actually do anything else (because you need to keep your eyes on the road) sounds like a special kind of hell to me. Self-driving cars would be a huge leap forward. More driving assist systems will just make people less careful. We can already see a lot of manufacturers rebranding their driving assist systems as "self-driving cars" because it's the cool thing to do. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_compensation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_compensation