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The top editor promoted comment[1] on the article summed up very well. The attention problem is well known in engineering. It is very hard to get a human
by devy 8y ago
The top editor promoted comment[1] on the article summed up very well.
The attention problem is well known in engineering.
It is very hard to get a human to concentrate on something
that will turn up good more than 99% of the time,
even when there's serious or fatal consequences of failure.
Trains are the classic example - tracks are amost always clear,
signals are almost always correct which means you have to
devise all sorts of systems to keep the driver alert.
[1]: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/03/teslas-self-driving-strategy-is-outdated-and-possibly-dangerous/?comments=1&post=36970595#comment-36970595 https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/03/teslas-self-driving-str...
- justapassenger 8y agoSadly, Silicon Valley companies don't think that best practices of engineering apply to them. It's all about disruption, both with products and safety.
- WrtCdEvrydy 8y ago"We're going to apply well known engineering to an existing problem" doesn't sell VCs as much as "We're going to disrupt things and launch satellites illegally"
- ec109685 8y agoI am not sure how Tesla’s system is much different than Waymo’s. In both cases, the cars can steer themselves under limited circumstances. Getting to full auto driving in crazy situations like single lane roads or unprotected left turns will take a long time. But using it in the situations it can handle today is very useful. At least with the Tesla, you can actually drive in places it doesn’t support auto pilot, unlike Waymo. The Tesla autosteer won’t engage.
- devy 8y ago> I am not sure how Tesla’s system is much different than Waymo’s. Waymo's ultimate self-driving vehicle will not have a steering wheel (as seen in their early prototypes) as the vehicle will take human out of the driving equation. Tesla will probably always have one in the foreseeable future (as they are tackling autonomous driving an drive-assist system). That's the big difference to me.
- ec109685 8y agoSorry, I meant in practical use today. Both auto driving systems only work in certain situations for the foreseeable future.