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Initially, they did [1]. "Uber moved from two employees in every car to one. The paired employees had been splitting duties — one ready to take over if the aut
by niftich 8y ago
Initially, they did [1].
"Uber moved from two employees in every car to one. The paired employees had been splitting duties — one ready to take over if the autonomous system failed, and another to keep an eye on what the computers were detecting. The second person was responsible for keeping track of system performance as well as labeling data on a laptop computer. Mr. Kallman, the Uber spokesman, said the second person was in the car for purely data related tasks, not safety."
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/technology/uber-self-driving-cars-arizona.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/technology/uber-self-driv...
- dralley 8y agoHaving a second person in the car would certainly pressure the first person to not slack off, though.
- blattimwind 8y agoSmalltalk usually keeps people from outright ignoring traffic, too.