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The driverless cars out there can't even stop for children that are clearly visible. https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/does-your-car-have-automated-emerg
by fwip 7y ago
The driverless cars out there can't even stop for children that are clearly visible. https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/does-your-car-have-automated-emergency-braking-its-a-big-fail-for-pedestrians/ https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/does-your-car-have-...
> Using a child-sized dummy, vehicles only avoid running over the child 11% of the time
They're not safe.
- jonplackett 7y agoThis is just for automated braking, not autonomous cars. Not the same thing at all.
- fwip 7y agoThe state of the art systems designed only to brake before hitting obstacles can't even do that. It's a pretty simple problem, as far as self-driving tasks go. I don't think that bodes well at all for full autonomy - especially since at least one of those vendors (Tesla) is promising self-driving sooner than later.
- beerandt 7y agoHonest question. Are they fundamentally different, design wise? Or is it merely a measure of confidence & reliability?
- bryan_w 7y agoSelf driving cars have more sensors