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"Driving on interstate freeways is orders of magnitude easier than driving in a city with pedestrians, bikes, cars parked in the road, etc." Yes, it's easy and
by DrScump 10y ago
"Driving on interstate freeways is orders of magnitude easier than driving in a city with pedestrians, bikes, cars parked in the road, etc."
Yes, it's easy and safe if competing traffic is only fellow truckers or other level-headed, observant drivers.
It's when you mix in the distracted, newbie, or skittish drivers that things get difficult. Long-haul truckers (the majority, the good ones) develop a sixth sense about such risks; I can't imagine thoroughly coding a software replacement.
- manmal 10y agoAbout the sixth sense - does this not also apply to good doctors? And yet, they are easily outdiagnosed by many ML implementations. I can imagine deep learning to also gain this sixth sense. E.g. a cyclist in front of you looks to the left - a proficient driver predicts that cyclist might turn left very soon. Why should a self driving car/truck not learn the same?
- euyyn 10y agoAlso, it sounds to me like the feat of controlling a beast of a truck in an emergency situation is easier for a computer.
- DrScump 10y agoIn terms of execution, I agree. Decision making is where human experience wins. I think an experienced human driver will better predict the irrational things another human driver might do.
- euyyn 10y agoYeah I was just adding to the point of my parent, who focused on the decision making part.