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> It will be ridiculously difficult to get to Level 5 automation in cars. It's decades away, not years. One could make the convincing argument that Waymo's veh
by cr0sh 9y ago
> It will be ridiculously difficult to get to Level 5 automation in cars. It's decades away, not years.
One could make the convincing argument that Waymo's vehicles are already at Level 5; where they probably struggle (I have no examples or data on this) is probably in inclement conditions (rain, snow, fog, etc). That said, even in such conditions, they probably perform much better than a human driver.
For instance, most human drivers in such conditions - even when they struggle to see the road clearly - continue to drive anyhow, mostly blind, instead of doing the right thing and pulling off to the side of the road and waiting, which I bet is a behavior that Waymo's vehicle performs when it struggles beyond a certain level.
In other words, Waymo's vehicle is likely better at determining when NOT to drive, and acting on that determination, instead of being stubborn and irrational in the face of evidence to the contrary.
- dreamcompiler 9y agoI agree. The other day I was driving on the highway and ahead of me was a pulled-over pickup and tons of personal belongings strewn all over the road. Obviously the stuff had blown out of the truck. The driver was on foot, dodging cars while trying to retrieve his cargo. I was able to slow down and thread my way through the junk while avoiding hitting him -- or making myself a target for the cars behind me -- but what would an automated system have done? Probably its best choice would have been to pull over and stop because it didn't know what the heck was going on or how to deal with it.