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So people know to be wary. Not everyone has as much faith in these things as the HN crowd.

by unimpressive 15y ago

stcredzero 15y ago
I'd like to see the accidents/operation-mile figures. I think that will be instructive.
- MaxGabriel 15y ago
  Mostly I've read 160k miles with one accident so far, a fender bender blamed on a human driver. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2390602,00.asp http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2390602,00.asp "Sergey Brin, a Google co-founder who has taken the self-driving car and other special projects under his wing, has he wants the self-driving car to drive a million miles without an accident. The company has also patented a "landing strip" for the cars, able to orient it or transfer information to it via short-range wireless technologies."
  - learc83 15y ago
    >a fender bender blamed on a human driver Just to be clear, it was a human driver operating the Google car. The car wasn't operating autonomously at all when the accident occurred, so 0 accidents so far.
jfoutz 15y ago
It's all in the black box. After an autonomous vehicle crash, all of the decision making state will be available so no autonomous car makes the same mistake ever again. Unlike teenagers, which can merely be encouraged to drive appropriately.
- ghshephard 15y ago
  Even better - not only will the code/telemetry equipment that made that mistake be replaced, ideally the design/implementation procedures that resulted in that mistake in the first place will be reviewed. Given how frequently it will be used, I'd hope to see the same level of methodology we see with Space Control Software. See: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/06/writestuff.html http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/06/writestuff.html for a nice article on this sort of software. I like the following comment: "Bill Pate, who's worked on the space flight software over the last 22 years, says the group understands the stakes: "If the software isn't perfect, some of the people we go to meetings with might die."
induscreep 15y ago
Ever took a long haul flight? A robot was flying your airplane 10000 feet in the air (autopilot). Why wouldn't people accept something that drives on the ground, at much lower speeds?

So people know to be wary. Not everyone has as much faith in these things as the HN crowd.

stcredzero 15y ago

I'd like to see the accidents/operation-mile figures. I think that will be instructive.

MaxGabriel 15y ago
Mostly I've read 160k miles with one accident so far, a fender bender blamed on a human driver. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2390602,00.asp http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2390602,00.asp "Sergey Brin, a Google co-founder who has taken the self-driving car and other special projects under his wing, has he wants the self-driving car to drive a million miles without an accident. The company has also patented a "landing strip" for the cars, able to orient it or transfer information to it via short-range wireless technologies."
- learc83 15y ago
  >a fender bender blamed on a human driver Just to be clear, it was a human driver operating the Google car. The car wasn't operating autonomously at all when the accident occurred, so 0 accidents so far.

jfoutz 15y ago

It's all in the black box. After an autonomous vehicle crash, all of the decision making state will be available so no autonomous car makes the same mistake ever again. Unlike teenagers, which can merely be encouraged to drive appropriately.

ghshephard 15y ago
Even better - not only will the code/telemetry equipment that made that mistake be replaced, ideally the design/implementation procedures that resulted in that mistake in the first place will be reviewed. Given how frequently it will be used, I'd hope to see the same level of methodology we see with Space Control Software. See: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/06/writestuff.html http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/06/writestuff.html for a nice article on this sort of software. I like the following comment: "Bill Pate, who's worked on the space flight software over the last 22 years, says the group understands the stakes: "If the software isn't perfect, some of the people we go to meetings with might die."

induscreep 15y ago

Ever took a long haul flight? A robot was flying your airplane 10000 feet in the air (autopilot). Why wouldn't people accept something that drives on the ground, at much lower speeds?