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However, you can't just put in more money into development of a technology and get linear returns. Eventually you're gonna hit diminishing returns, so there's n
by yladiz 10y ago
However, you can't just put in more money into development of a technology and get linear returns. Eventually you're gonna hit diminishing returns, so there's not too much they can do to accelerate it beyond what they're already doing (except adding more researchers, possibly).
I would be surprised if Uber gets very far with their autonomous vehicle testing, especially in difficult driving conditions where LIDAR and sensors don't perform so well, until they can't reliably export it to other markets. There are some of the smartest minds in the world working on this and still haven't figured it out, and Uber's researchers are no exception. And this also completely disregards the legislation side of things, which would prove to be a huge obstacle as well, even with Uber's obscene amount of money they pour into it.
- lallysingh 10y agoTo their advantage: 1) Plenty of cash coming in for research 2) Use to skirting laws that get in their way - so they may just start cutting back on costs later. Maybe have the human operator remote in, instead of actually sit in the car.
- cmdrfred 10y agoNumber 2 is a good idea until you realize most uber drivers are lower income people with relatively high latency connections. Add in that most of them will probably be on WiFi and its a non-starter.
- lallysingh 10y agoI was thinking more about adding a high-quality custom a/v/control setup directly to the car, with "drivers" going to some office with a crap-ton of monitors.
- cmdrfred 10y agoThat is a lot of trust you are putting into the cell network.