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It's funny, Uber is betting the farm on autonomous cars becoming reality and reading this reminds us of just how far away that is.
by JohnJamesRambo 10y ago
It's funny, Uber is betting the farm on autonomous cars becoming reality and reading this reminds us of just how far away that is.
- Gargoyle 10y agoUber's main use cases aren't necessarily the "hard miles" discussed in the article.
- Neliquat 10y agoBeing a taxi seems even more rigourous, your point is invalid.
- Gargoyle 10y agoUber knows the pickup and destination of every trip before it begins. Which means they know the route before it begins. Which means they can assess route and conditions to see if they are suitable for autonomous cars. So they roll out slowly, expanding the possible trips covered as their technology advances. Since they have such fine control over which routes and which conditions the cars will be expected to perform in, they're actually ideally positioned to work with this technology.
- stale2002 10y agoWhat? This article is talking about level 5 autonomy. AKA, "works literally everywhere and all the time". Uber only needs to get to level 4 to change the world.
- falcolas 10y agoIf Uber gets to only level 4, it still needs drivers to handle those cases that the car can't handle. Doesn't really change the world.