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Preprogrammed paths is absolutely not what is meant by self-driving vehicles. Preprogrammed means a human has made all the decisions an actual self-driving vehi
by dilemma 10y ago
Preprogrammed paths is absolutely not what is meant by self-driving vehicles. Preprogrammed means a human has made all the decisions an actual self-driving vehicle would need to make.
- tim333 10y agoThough whatever you call them there's a lot of potential for that kind of stuff. There are a lot of busses in the world and if they can drive themselves that's a big thing even if it is on set routes. Plus trucks driving themselves on certain prepared interstates with humans to take over for the last 10 miles could be big.
- dilemma 10y agoThey're not "driving themselves" in either case. They are executing a program. Problem is, that makes them rigid and unable to handle anything unplanned for.