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Personally I'd be satisfied with just being able to hand the highway driving over to the car. Keep me in the middle of the lane, don't let me hit another car or

by causi 4y ago

Personally I'd be satisfied with just being able to hand the highway driving over to the car. Keep me in the middle of the lane, don't let me hit another car or any object in the road, and sound a chime when I'm a mile from the exit.

rco8786 4y ago
Same, and current tech is more or less doing this. Even my 2016 Toyota Rav4 has lane departure assist and dynamic cruise control. I still have to keep a hand on the wheel and pay attention to the road of course, but road trips are quite nice just with those 2 features.
- causi 4y ago
  Now if only those systems would dodge debris on the road, like a truck tire or a piece of lumber.
  - rco8786 4y ago
    Therein lies the long tail of challenges to be truly self driving, right? If AI dodges the debris 99/100 the whole world will claim it as a failure because that 1 miss ended in someone's death - even if human drivers are only able to dodge 90/100.
    - f1shy 4y ago
      The problem is 100% of economical, and not technical nature. The car manufacturers are afraid of being made responsible for that deaths, even when you could prove a human would not have been smarter.
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  - MrMan 4y ago
    and also not suddenly dodge things that are not there
    - _nalply 4y ago
      This happens to humans, too.
seanmcdirmid 4y ago
Ya, that would make long distance Highway trips more bearable. For city driving, public transit is probably the better option. Although FSD can be a great way to optimize limited city road resources, I don’t expect to see that in the USA anytime soon, but it could happen in China where the traffic is much worse.
meetingthrower 4y ago
Yes - I don't understand why this hasn't been the focus. It would certainly beat airtravel for certain city pairs in the US. Anything in a 800 mile zone I would do a self driving car on interstate vs a plane. Seems a much simpler problem to solve than full self driving everywhere!

by causi 4y ago

rco8786 4y ago

Same, and current tech is more or less doing this. Even my 2016 Toyota Rav4 has lane departure assist and dynamic cruise control. I still have to keep a hand on the wheel and pay attention to the road of course, but road trips are quite nice just with those 2 features.

causi 4y ago
Now if only those systems would dodge debris on the road, like a truck tire or a piece of lumber.
- rco8786 4y ago
  Therein lies the long tail of challenges to be truly self driving, right? If AI dodges the debris 99/100 the whole world will claim it as a failure because that 1 miss ended in someone's death - even if human drivers are only able to dodge 90/100.
  - f1shy 4y ago
    The problem is 100% of economical, and not technical nature. The car manufacturers are afraid of being made responsible for that deaths, even when you could prove a human would not have been smarter.
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- MrMan 4y ago
  and also not suddenly dodge things that are not there
  - _nalply 4y ago
    This happens to humans, too.

seanmcdirmid 4y ago

Ya, that would make long distance Highway trips more bearable. For city driving, public transit is probably the better option. Although FSD can be a great way to optimize limited city road resources, I don’t expect to see that in the USA anytime soon, but it could happen in China where the traffic is much worse.

meetingthrower 4y ago

Yes - I don't understand why this hasn't been the focus. It would certainly beat airtravel for certain city pairs in the US. Anything in a 800 mile zone I would do a self driving car on interstate vs a plane. Seems a much simpler problem to solve than full self driving everywhere!