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The reality is that life is full of edge cases. For full autonomous driving we probably need full AGI.

BenoitEssiambre 5y ago
It seems to be one of these AI-complete problems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI-complete https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI-complete
dahfizz 5y ago
Humans have general intelligence and are pretty bad drivers. Why would a computer intelligence be any better? If anything, a computer intelligence would be more likely to get bored or distracted if their "brain" is running faster than ours.
- mensetmanusman 5y ago
  Humans are annoying drivers, but they aren’t particularly bad. I’m surprised it is 1 fatality per 100,000,000 miles, that’s not bad…
  - dahfizz 5y ago
    I agree that it's a miracle (or perhaps, a testament to modern engineering) that fatalities are so low. But I don't think fatalities is a great measurement. I've been rear ended twice, and I've seen 4 rear endings happen. Nobody was hurt in any of these accidents, but it was definitely a pain in the ass for everyone involved.
Minor49er 5y ago
I think what we'll end up seeing are the developments of sensors and protocols that are invisible to people, but can be sensed by cars nearby. Traffic lights and road signs will have sensors that emit electronic messages identifying what they are and what rules they are communicating that self-driving vehicles should obey. Other cars will start to have them as well. We may even see small barriers constructed between roads and sidewalks that exist only to discourage pedestrians from entering the road to make automated driving even safer. Your vehicle will be rented from a third party. The owner will legally have to have it registered with the city so that the interior cameras can conduct facial recognition to identify the drivers and passengers. Law enforcement can remotely disable a car and could also send signals to get all other cars to pull over to ease the arrests of carjackers and other criminals. Possibly coming to a small town near you.

It seems to be one of these AI-complete problems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI-complete https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI-complete

dahfizz 5y ago

Humans have general intelligence and are pretty bad drivers. Why would a computer intelligence be any better? If anything, a computer intelligence would be more likely to get bored or distracted if their "brain" is running faster than ours.

mensetmanusman 5y ago
Humans are annoying drivers, but they aren’t particularly bad. I’m surprised it is 1 fatality per 100,000,000 miles, that’s not bad…
- dahfizz 5y ago
  I agree that it's a miracle (or perhaps, a testament to modern engineering) that fatalities are so low. But I don't think fatalities is a great measurement. I've been rear ended twice, and I've seen 4 rear endings happen. Nobody was hurt in any of these accidents, but it was definitely a pain in the ass for everyone involved.

Minor49er 5y ago

I think what we'll end up seeing are the developments of sensors and protocols that are invisible to people, but can be sensed by cars nearby. Traffic lights and road signs will have sensors that emit electronic messages identifying what they are and what rules they are communicating that self-driving vehicles should obey. Other cars will start to have them as well. We may even see small barriers constructed between roads and sidewalks that exist only to discourage pedestrians from entering the road to make automated driving even safer. Your vehicle will be rented from a third party. The owner will legally have to have it registered with the city so that the interior cameras can conduct facial recognition to identify the drivers and passengers. Law enforcement can remotely disable a car and could also send signals to get all other cars to pull over to ease the arrests of carjackers and other criminals. Possibly coming to a small town near you.