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The question that comes to my mind then is.... why didn't the human driver that was sitting behind the wheel react? Could this be a demonstration of what peopl

• userbinator 9y ago
  Could this be a demonstration of what people talk about with regards to partial autonomy being a detriment to human attention? Definitely. By the time the human realises something is wrong and has to take control, it's already too late. Incidentally, this is also why autopilots in planes have been more successful --- when something goes wrong high up in the sky, there's still relatively much time to assess the situation and react. With cars, even if the car suddenly told the driver to take over, the driver would essentially have to already be fully attentive to the situation in order to make a decision in time. It's the difference between seconds to a minute in a plane vs. fractions of a second in a car.
  • manicdee 9y ago
    Plus pilots in planes with autopilot engaged still have their hands on the controls and still monitor the activity of the autopilot.