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If this is true then how can we have had Collision Avoidance systems[1] in cars for years that are able to automatically apply the brakes to prevent this sort o
by wilburTheDog 9y ago
If this is true then how can we have had Collision Avoidance systems[1] in cars for years that are able to automatically apply the brakes to prevent this sort of accident? And If the answer is 'autopilot doesn't work that way' then why not use both systems, with the collision avoidance system taking precedence as it deems necessary?
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collision_avoidance_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collision_avoidance_system
- timewarrior 9y agoAll the systems which work on radar have similar limitations. More details: https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-autopilot-why-crash-radar/ https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-autopilot-why-crash-radar/
- wilburTheDog 9y agoAfter reading about this for a while, just now, I'm much less comfortable with the idea of trusting an automotive autopilot system. Just imagine if your taxi driver told you "I will drive perfectly safely, except if there is a truck parked in the road. Then I will run into it at speed." It seems like such a glaring omission. If I were an engineer I don't think I would be comfortable releasing an autopilot system with this kind of safety issue.
- azernik 9y agoWhich is why most companies aren't willing to call these things "autopilots" - Mobileye, for example, pitches its systems as assistants which will catch some of the driver's mistakes, similar to the "collision avoidance" language. This also comes with the corollary that they often aren't willing to give these systems as much control of the car as Tesla does.