kirkbauer

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by kirkbauer 10y ago
I agree that the fatality rate does not allow for any comparisons. Autopilot could cause significantly more or fewer fatalities than humans. On the other hand, one also needs to consider accident rate. From what I understand, based on US av
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by kirkbauer 10y ago
In order to enable autopilot you must agree to the terms right on the display screen. Again it is possible for people to not read them (although they are pretty brief).
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by kirkbauer 10y ago
I can see how the name could be misleading to some people. However, I think the term is quite accurate. In an aircraft, Autopilot takes care of the basics of flying the plane while the pilot is fully responsible for what is happening, watch
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by kirkbauer 10y ago
My understanding is that most of Google's cars are limited to around 30mph. Seems unlikely to kill an occupant at least.
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by kirkbauer 10y ago
That is exactly what it does; apparently the accident happened before it could complete its "slow down and stop with the hazard lights on" process.
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by kirkbauer 10y ago
Isn't that one of the reasons there is still a driver? Cruise control will drive you right off of the road until you crash with no awareness of the shoulder or other traffic or anything. But it is all over the place.
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by kirkbauer 10y ago
I wonder if the dead driver hit the accelerator?
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by kirkbauer 10y ago
How can autopilot know if it is safe to steer into the shoulder? It won't even change lanes without driver input.
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by kirkbauer 10y ago
I can't imagine that every road in the world can be determined to be "safe" or "not safe" via GPS coordinates alone.
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by kirkbauer 10y ago
That's stupid. Autopilot doesn't have the ability to determine if it is safe to pull over. It has a fallback mode; eventually it will come to a complete stop in the middle of the road and turn the hazards on. But since this is als
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by kirkbauer 10y ago
Autopilot is not autonomous driving. It is fancy cruise control. Just like cruise control can't handle every situation neither can autopilot. Just like autopilot in an aircraft it requires a human paying attention and ready to take ove