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Can you think of any reasons or situations where that logic fails? I can think of tons. The very challenging, and somewhat unusual given the life/death stakes
by adanto6840 9y ago
Can you think of any reasons or situations where that logic fails? I can think of tons.
The very challenging, and somewhat unusual given the life/death stakes, aspect of this domain in general is that general 'easy' logic works for 99% of the scenarios. But in the remaining 1% -- and I mean every single possible last scenario, whether probable or not -- the "what to do" is so much more difficult. Enough time to do it? Can be done safely? Etc.
The reason the car turns control back over to the human at all is because the vehicle presumably does NOT have any maneuvers left which are high-confidence -- whether that's because the sensing equipment failed, the software failed or failed to interpret the data satisfactorily, or there's just no "good move" left, or any other number of reasons, etc...
- cam_l 9y agoslowing down should be the first thing a car does in these scenarios. the confidence factor matters less as speed approaches zero. seriously, i slow down when i am unsure of the conditions, i surely have never evaluated every last scenario, and i have never run into a concrete barrier.
- qaq 9y agoOK so you have a speeding loaded truck behind you that would not be able to break for whatever reason still want to slow down?
- sangnoir 9y ago> OK so you have a speeding loaded truck behind you that would not be able to break for whatever reason still want to slow down? Mental experiment: which is preferable - colliding with a static barrier at an unchecked 70MPH or getting rammed from behind by a truck at a relative speed of 30MPH (assuming that's how much you've braked by)? That said - slowing down =/= emergency stop - that truck behind you should leave enough room in front of it to come to a complete stop - unless you've cut in front of it. I'm probably ranting, but I'll repeat this as I've witnessed it far too many times: do not cut in front of loaded semi-trucks. The gap in front of them is intentional and it wasn't meant for you - it's their braking distance - they have ridiculous momentum and they can squash you!
- jhayward 9y agoI'm guessing that you don't drive much on e.g., 6-lane freeways during rush hour. Slowing down in confusion is pretty dangerous behavior on a freeway.