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In my mind it makes sense for Mercedes-Benz to be the first one to do this. There's probably a laundry list of automotive firsts that are associated with just t

by Hamuko 4y ago

In my mind it makes sense for Mercedes-Benz to be the first one to do this. There's probably a laundry list of automotive firsts that are associated with just the Mercedes-Benz S-Class.

mrtksn 4y ago
Sure, they even did some cool self driving experiments back in the 80s-90s but the tech wasn't ready. There must be a video of a mercedes loaded with PCs driving slowly but autonomously. I couldn't find the video I was looking for but this is another cool one from the 80s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HbVWm7wdmE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HbVWm7wdmE Anyway, the way I see it is, to get positive reaction you need to drive and follow the narrative. That is, for example, providing arguments about how it should be done as if it is a public debate and then reveal your tech. Then you will have fanboys and and hateboys and people will feel involved and if you do it in SV your ability to do what you say you do would not be questioned as much because magic happens in SV. You say that your car is basically a computer o wheels and the story gets traction, when a car company makes a self driving car it doesn't fit and will need to do much more convincing because the techies will be digging in to find faults. The computer on wheels might cause crashes but the techies will be much more forgiving and look for excuses.
funcDropShadow 4y ago
You mean like the car itself?
- Hamuko 4y ago
  I don't think the Benz Patent-Motorwagen is considered an S-Class. Technically you could say that the S-Class is derived from the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, but you could also say that about any other car.
dx034 4y ago
And Mercedes has been pumping huge amounts of money into it for at least a decade. They're just much more conservative than typical SV companies so they only publicly announce products when they're ready.
- badpun 4y ago
  Exactly, Mercedes has been doing some work on self-driving since the early nineties IIRC.

by Hamuko 4y ago

In my mind it makes sense for Mercedes-Benz to be the first one to do this. There's probably a laundry list of automotive firsts that are associated with just the Mercedes-Benz S-Class.

mrtksn 4y ago

Sure, they even did some cool self driving experiments back in the 80s-90s but the tech wasn't ready. There must be a video of a mercedes loaded with PCs driving slowly but autonomously. I couldn't find the video I was looking for but this is another cool one from the 80s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HbVWm7wdmE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HbVWm7wdmE Anyway, the way I see it is, to get positive reaction you need to drive and follow the narrative. That is, for example, providing arguments about how it should be done as if it is a public debate and then reveal your tech. Then you will have fanboys and and hateboys and people will feel involved and if you do it in SV your ability to do what you say you do would not be questioned as much because magic happens in SV. You say that your car is basically a computer o wheels and the story gets traction, when a car company makes a self driving car it doesn't fit and will need to do much more convincing because the techies will be digging in to find faults. The computer on wheels might cause crashes but the techies will be much more forgiving and look for excuses.

funcDropShadow 4y ago

You mean like the car itself?

Hamuko 4y ago
I don't think the Benz Patent-Motorwagen is considered an S-Class. Technically you could say that the S-Class is derived from the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, but you could also say that about any other car.

dx034 4y ago

And Mercedes has been pumping huge amounts of money into it for at least a decade. They're just much more conservative than typical SV companies so they only publicly announce products when they're ready.

badpun 4y ago
Exactly, Mercedes has been doing some work on self-driving since the early nineties IIRC.