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This seems unnecessarily vitriolic. If someone has founded a self-driving truck startup that isn't going anywhere, who cares? If Tesla's self driving truck div
by Gatsky 9y ago
This seems unnecessarily vitriolic. If someone has founded a self-driving truck startup that isn't going anywhere, who cares?
If Tesla's self driving truck division did a crappy demo then fair enough, but cut these guys some slack, at least they aren't in a cubicle at facebook trying to find better ways to sell ads for toilet paper.
- benatkin 9y agoIt's completely fair and completely necessary. This isn't driving by any stretch. This is like comparing the Emacs Doctor to Alexa. I think it's the first time I clicked flag on a YC submission. Edit: I think I overreacted a bit and shouldn't have flagged it. But I don't think the commenter you replied to did and can see why that comment is on top.
- Animats 9y agoIt's a bit harsh, but not unreasonable. You can buy this level of self-driving at many car dealerships right now. If you take the Udacity self-driving course, you could build this. Doesn't mean you're ready to ship a road-ready product. Remote control helps some, but it won't get you out of trouble. By the time the remote driver is connected and has situational awareness, it's too late. This isn't webcrap, where it doesn't really matter if it fails now and then. People die when self-driving vehicles screw up. Especially with heavy vehicles. California DMV doesn't allow self-driving heavy vehicles on the road yet, and that's probably a good decision. If YC is going to fund stuff like this, they need to get some avionics people on the team. Before they kill somebody.