It shouldn't matter. But the system was designed to track trajectories of recognised objects. So every time it changed its mind about what it was looking at i

It shouldn't matter. But the system was designed to track trajectories of recognised objects. So every time it changed its mind about what it was looking at it started recalculating the trajectory. By the time it settled down it was too late to avoid the fatal accident. Don't assume that self-driving software is designed with even a minimal level of competence. Footnote: there have been many articles about this incident posted to HN. Here's one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19333239 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19333239