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I like these pieces for tempering the hype around driverless cars. But it's also true it is still early and the technology will improve. I personally don't be

I like these pieces for tempering the hype around driverless cars. But it's also true it is still early and the technology will improve. I personally don't believe it will become as reliable as people think. The last percent are always the hardest — but to make a driverless car better than a human, they're crucial. But who cares what I (or others) think? We shall find out the truth of the matter soon enough. I just hope whoever mispredicted will take a note of it and keep that in mind the next time they make a prediction.

vntok 8y ago
> The last percent are always the hardest — but to make a driverless car better than a human, they're crucial. The last % being crucial is debatable. A self-driving car could be way more reliable than a human driver at all times except during blizzards in which case it's known to crash. That car would be extremely reliable, viable and useful to operate everywhere there's never any blizzard, and even when there happens to be a few blizzard events per year it would only need to be automagically rendered inoperable during those times. The town hall could send that kind of command, just like it would ring a civil defense siren.