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While I agree that it would be cool to retrofit old cars for self driving this is just not really the case at all - human vision is incredibly advanced and we h
by Melatonic 4y ago
While I agree that it would be cool to retrofit old cars for self driving this is just not really the case at all - human vision is incredibly advanced and we have some insane processing power behind that vision along with very often decades of learning how to harness that vision.
What actually might be interesting would be a "self driving" addon that is actually just simply powered by a human remotely driving your car. Obviously you would need to add cameras and whatnot and it might be priced higher than most would want but with properly fast and reliable internet a random person could be driving your vehicle from their home while you sleep.
- ifdefdebug 4y agoYeah, no. Having an underpaid rando who's life is not at stake driving my car while I am asleep is not an option.
- bko 4y agoI've asked about this on HN before and was told that latency and connectivity is the big issue. I think there is a startup doing this. Basically have drivers in mock cars like remote Uber drivers. But realistically you would need some hybrid approach but that sounds so much worse
- gnicholas 4y agoReminds me of Ender's game. Could you do this with enough redundancy to make it worthwhile? And also have a computer doing the easy stuff, with humans at the ready to help at intersections and such.
- Melatonic 4y agoYea I think the ideal way would be as much machine control as possible with a real human ready to take over at the worst. Of course the person in the car would be better but you could also use such a thing for public transit like busses