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I didn't downvote you, but you are on Hacker News, and you are complaining about bad software, and making the claim that said software will never improve, despi
by henrikschroder 10y ago
I didn't downvote you, but you are on Hacker News, and you are complaining about bad software, and making the claim that said software will never improve, despite car manufacturers having extremely high motivations - to the tune of billions of dollars of market share - to improve this software, to meet stricter fuel efficiency laws and safety laws.
- Nullabillity 10y agoSolving good automatic transmission in isolation is basically solving general AI. And then you have the opposite problem of constantly trying to predict how the black box will behave. Much better to have the driver (regardless of human or software) control both transmission and the other concerns.
- ams6110 10y agoAutomatics will never shift well until they can consider the road ahead. Upcoming curve, slope up or down, heavy traffic, etc. all affect a driver's decision about when to shift and which gear to select. So you basically need the sensors a self-driving car would have, and at that point, manual vs. automatic transmission is sort of irrelevant.