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I did not do so because I did not think anybody would misinterpret my statement as you did. I instead expected them to interpret it as the first person who repl

by Veserv 3y ago

I did not do so because I did not think anybody would misinterpret my statement as you did. I instead expected them to interpret it as the first person who replied to you did who found it obvious what I was talking about. It is in fact shocking to me that literally anybody would assume that I was declaring that they must prove that it is absolutely perfectly safe in a mathematically provable manner as that would mean that the reader thought I was such a blithering idiot that I can not even propose a minimally coherent argument. I used extra words because I was expressing the core principle of certification which is to demonstrate to a third party that you achieve some set of agreed upon requirements. I did this because there is no current specific safety certification for autonomous vehicles, so I must appeal to the general principle underlying all safety certifications which is that you must demonstrate "safety" whatever that happens to be and that a product is not assumed "safe" by default.

AlotOfReading 3y ago
Not to take away from the rest of it, but there is a very new process for L2-3 certification in Europe. As far as I know, only Mercedes has completed it and released a product (with TUV Rheinland), but TUV Sud is also offering homologation services for European type certification. The L4+ process for Europe is still in working group, with standards expected to be released next year (and 2025 for the UK). Manufacturers are all pursuing self-certification in the US because regulators have been unwilling to answer petitions either way or commit to firm guidelines.
seanmcdirmid 3y ago
Again, certification (a matter of judgement) is a much lower standard than verification (a matter of truth). There is a lot of literature on the difference between the two words, and I assumed you chose to use the word verification intentionally. If that wasn’t the case, then it is better to choose certification when you mean that rather than verification in the future.

by Veserv 3y ago

AlotOfReading 3y ago

Not to take away from the rest of it, but there is a very new process for L2-3 certification in Europe. As far as I know, only Mercedes has completed it and released a product (with TUV Rheinland), but TUV Sud is also offering homologation services for European type certification. The L4+ process for Europe is still in working group, with standards expected to be released next year (and 2025 for the UK). Manufacturers are all pursuing self-certification in the US because regulators have been unwilling to answer petitions either way or commit to firm guidelines.

seanmcdirmid 3y ago

Again, certification (a matter of judgement) is a much lower standard than verification (a matter of truth). There is a lot of literature on the difference between the two words, and I assumed you chose to use the word verification intentionally. If that wasn’t the case, then it is better to choose certification when you mean that rather than verification in the future.