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Watch a Tesla using Navigate on Autopilot today and see how it decides which lane it needs to be in and which exit to take. It's certainly not reading signs. T
by mikeash 7y ago
Watch a Tesla using Navigate on Autopilot today and see how it decides which lane it needs to be in and which exit to take.
It's certainly not reading signs. The system doesn't currently have that capability. It's a combination of GPS (to know where it is) and maps (to know how to go from where it is to the destination).
I 100% agree with you that the problems presented in the original comment wouldn't be an issue. The cars will use local data to determine whether a surface is drivable. They won't drive into sand or deep snow just because the navigation says that they should.
But that's not the same as your statement that they won't use GPS at all. And your statement that Tesla currently doesn't use GPS in their systems is plainly wrong.
- joshuak 7y agoYou really do need to watch the presentation I linked. They go into excruciating detail on what data is used and how it is used. I did not say Tesla's don't use GPS, they do. I said "It is unlikely that fully autonomous cars will use any GPS at all". My argument is not that you can't get google maps in your car, my argument is that the autonomous cars of the "Utopian future" will not need google maps to function, much less leave you stranded in an incorrectly mapped location.
- mikeash 7y agoMaybe I’ve misunderstood. Does “driving solution“ only refer to immediate actions taken locally, like lane keeping and obstacle avoidance?