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I think this is peak self driving car.

by georgeecollins 10y ago

im_down_w_otp 10y ago
I think it's a marketplace in its early infancy.
- dhruvp 10y ago
  Agreed. Some of the biggest companies in the world are investing in the space: Apple, Google, Ford, GM, Mercedes Benz, Tesla, Uber, NVidia, Baidu, Didi and many more!
jellicle 10y ago
It's not peak until we have a wave of absolutely fraudulent schemes designed to take money from the gullible general public. "Kickstarter - Self-driving car - release in 2019! 4795% funded! Backers get one for just $10,000!" "Stock tip - self-driving car startup - invest now to get pre-market shares in this company! Top Secret!" That sort of thing. When the TV morning shows start pumping self-driving cars every day.
visarga 10y ago
But in reality we don't even know how far we are from level 5 self driving car.
- kmonsen 10y ago
  We don't know how far (or if it will ever happen) we are from level 3.
asimuvPR 10y ago
Not at all. There are still many issues to solve. Some are too expensive to be approached by smaller efforts.
- georgeecollins 10y ago
  I meant the peak of the hype, not the peak of the work required. What if this is like virtual reality in the 90s?
  - asimuvPR 10y ago
    I don't think its like VR given how there are real use cases for it and the technology is advancing quickly. Plus its going to make/save companies money (VR was seen as a cool but not money in it thing back then).
heifetz 10y ago
peak self driving car would be proclaiming that there is a severe talent shortage, and acquihires are being valued at 10m / head. oops.. Ex-Googler Sebastian Thrun says the going rate for self-driving talent is $10 million per person http://www.recode.net/2016/9/17/12943214/sebastian-thrun-self-driving-talent-pool http://www.recode.net/2016/9/17/12943214/sebastian-thrun-sel...
- georgeecollins 10y ago
  Ha ha that is also a great indicator of overheating. It's like people think a great product will be available in a few years and we don't even have the barely tolerable version yet. There will have to be the Treo version of the autonomous car before there is the iPhone version.

I think this is peak self driving car.

im_down_w_otp 10y ago

I think it's a marketplace in its early infancy.

dhruvp 10y ago
Agreed. Some of the biggest companies in the world are investing in the space: Apple, Google, Ford, GM, Mercedes Benz, Tesla, Uber, NVidia, Baidu, Didi and many more!

jellicle 10y ago

It's not peak until we have a wave of absolutely fraudulent schemes designed to take money from the gullible general public. "Kickstarter - Self-driving car - release in 2019! 4795% funded! Backers get one for just $10,000!" "Stock tip - self-driving car startup - invest now to get pre-market shares in this company! Top Secret!" That sort of thing. When the TV morning shows start pumping self-driving cars every day.

visarga 10y ago

But in reality we don't even know how far we are from level 5 self driving car.

kmonsen 10y ago
We don't know how far (or if it will ever happen) we are from level 3.

asimuvPR 10y ago

Not at all. There are still many issues to solve. Some are too expensive to be approached by smaller efforts.

georgeecollins 10y ago
I meant the peak of the hype, not the peak of the work required. What if this is like virtual reality in the 90s?
- asimuvPR 10y ago
  I don't think its like VR given how there are real use cases for it and the technology is advancing quickly. Plus its going to make/save companies money (VR was seen as a cool but not money in it thing back then).

heifetz 10y ago

peak self driving car would be proclaiming that there is a severe talent shortage, and acquihires are being valued at 10m / head. oops.. Ex-Googler Sebastian Thrun says the going rate for self-driving talent is $10 million per person http://www.recode.net/2016/9/17/12943214/sebastian-thrun-self-driving-talent-pool http://www.recode.net/2016/9/17/12943214/sebastian-thrun-sel...

georgeecollins 10y ago
Ha ha that is also a great indicator of overheating. It's like people think a great product will be available in a few years and we don't even have the barely tolerable version yet. There will have to be the Treo version of the autonomous car before there is the iPhone version.