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In my reading, this says that autonomous cars, if they all behave cooperatively, can be more efficient road users than manual cars driven by individuals acting
by jacques_chester 8y ago
In my reading, this says that autonomous cars, if they all behave cooperatively, can be more efficient road users than manual cars driven by individuals acting selfishly.
While it works out in the Nash equilibria they describe, I don't see it working at any sort of scale. It's too easy to defect from the better equilibrium: drive the car yourself, or buy that aftermarket app which disables the cooperative driving mode.
- epberry 8y agoIf there were safety advantages with cooperative driving and ultimately efficiencies I bet a public relations campaign could convince people. Or having dedicated lanes for cooperative driving. I would certainly turn this on for interstate driving.
- jacques_chester 8y agoPR campaigns haven't convinced a lot of folks to buckle up or to not drive while intoxicated. What's affected those is laws, vigorously enforced.
- pewdiepotpie 8y agoI think the PR campaign makes people aware there is a problem, but when people are intoxicated, the access to good [nondestructive] decision making is inhibited. I would wonder if ALL vehicles should have some sort of breathalyzer interlock that could also prevent junior from "fixing" mommys car so the little green light comes on again.
- exo762 8y agoIt is already working at scale. If you are using google maps' navigation, you are driving like this today. The only difference - instead of doing altruistic thing by your own volition, you are likely being misled by nav system to take the route that, while being somewhat sub-optimal at this particular moment, will not cause massive congestion the moment you will get there.