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Stupid question: How does self-driving cars "learn"? Does it have to crash to learn not to do whatever it did to not crash?

• Nicholas_C 11y ago
  The definition of AI from Wikipedia: """ Artificial intelligence (AI) is the intelligence exhibited by machines or software. It is also the name of the academic field of study which studies how to create computers and computer software that are capable of intelligent behavior. Major AI researchers and textbooks define this field as "the study and design of intelligent agents",[1] in which an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chances of success.[2] John McCarthy, who coined the term in 1955,[3] defines it as "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines". """ I believe that creating and sustaining a self driving car fits those criteria.
• mrfusion 11y ago
  That's actually a really good question. I'd imagine an ai would have a lot of trouble in situations where it's never learned how to drive. Mattress falling off a car, oil patch on road, etc.