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“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.” I guess this means we're moving into the 'ridicule' phase.

marak830 12y ago
Exactly what i was thinking. The article seemed to me as needless bashing, thr priduct isnt on the market, its still in developement. How scared of google is the author?
- bsdetector 12y ago
  Or maybe the author heard Google hype like 'no steering wheel' and 'no accidents in 700k miles', did the reporter thing of doing research and found out that it's as close to a streetcar as a fully driverless car, and wrote a story on it.
  - magicalist 12y ago
    And by "research", you mean the reporter read the Technology Review article...
  - marak830 12y ago
    Id expect a longer article if research was involved to be honest.
hosay123 12y ago
http://i.imgur.com/IfuyZAj.png http://i.imgur.com/IfuyZAj.png
amirmc 12y ago
Where in the article is it being ridiculed? I read it as a dose of reality, which useful to provide some perspective on the challenges that remain (that many people are probably not even aware of). The original article might be of interest. http://www.technologyreview.com/news/530276/hidden-obstacles-for-googles-self-driving-cars/ http://www.technologyreview.com/news/530276/hidden-obstacles...
- anthony_franco 12y ago
  Focusing on the 99% of roads Google cars don't serve is unnecessarily ridiculing the technology, in my view. Alternatively, had the article said that 99% of US work commutes can't yet be served by Google cars, then it's something to mention. But the 1% of roads that Google cars cover could very well be enough for the majority of US commutes (assuming it were to cover most metropolitan areas). It's as if someone saying cellphones aren't yet ready for primetime since they don't work over most of the world's surface area. It may be true but irrelevant for the average consumer.

marak830 12y ago

Exactly what i was thinking. The article seemed to me as needless bashing, thr priduct isnt on the market, its still in developement. How scared of google is the author?

bsdetector 12y ago
Or maybe the author heard Google hype like 'no steering wheel' and 'no accidents in 700k miles', did the reporter thing of doing research and found out that it's as close to a streetcar as a fully driverless car, and wrote a story on it.
- magicalist 12y ago
  And by "research", you mean the reporter read the Technology Review article...
- marak830 12y ago
  Id expect a longer article if research was involved to be honest.

hosay123 12y ago

http://i.imgur.com/IfuyZAj.png http://i.imgur.com/IfuyZAj.png

amirmc 12y ago

Where in the article is it being ridiculed? I read it as a dose of reality, which useful to provide some perspective on the challenges that remain (that many people are probably not even aware of). The original article might be of interest. http://www.technologyreview.com/news/530276/hidden-obstacles-for-googles-self-driving-cars/ http://www.technologyreview.com/news/530276/hidden-obstacles...

anthony_franco 12y ago
Focusing on the 99% of roads Google cars don't serve is unnecessarily ridiculing the technology, in my view. Alternatively, had the article said that 99% of US work commutes can't yet be served by Google cars, then it's something to mention. But the 1% of roads that Google cars cover could very well be enough for the majority of US commutes (assuming it were to cover most metropolitan areas). It's as if someone saying cellphones aren't yet ready for primetime since they don't work over most of the world's surface area. It may be true but irrelevant for the average consumer.