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> Even though autonomous driving is proving to be a harder nut to crack than people expected, by 2050 it will be solved. In 1960s, top researchers believed tha
by burntoutfire 4y ago
> Even though autonomous driving is proving to be a harder nut to crack than people expected, by 2050 it will be solved.
In 1960s, top researchers believed that scene understanding (one of the hardest computer vision problems) will be solved by an undergrad during summer internship. I feel that this prediction that we'll for sure autonomous driving in a couple decades is an example of similar hubris.
- inglor_cz 4y agoThere is steady improvement in the field and roads can be adapted over time, too (special beacons etc.) I feel that the main hurdle to clear will eventually be human psyche. We have grown accustomed to the non-zero chance of a fellow human crashing into us, but being flattened by a robot gone wild is deeply repulsive, even if the actual rate of accidents sinks way under the current norm.