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Re:Lyft Is Said to Seek a Buyer, Without Success by Certhas on Friday August 19, 2016 @05:38PM (#12323677)
Quoting from the article:

> But since the technology has not been perfected, the cars will come with human backup drivers to handle any unexpected situations.

Getting those last 0.01% of situations right will take a long time.

Re:Lyft Is Said to Seek a Buyer, Without Success by carleverett on Friday August 19, 2016 @05:52PM (#12323789)
Will it though? Uber's Pittsburgh fleet alone will be collecting enough data that even .000001% likelihood errors will be coming up in a matter of weeks. And as people always like to point out in this debate, the minimum bar for safety (beating a human driver) is not that high.

I don't think the software is the gating item for full autonomy. The production cycle of the hardware (the actual cars) is what we'll be waiting on most over the next few years.

Re:Lyft Is Said to Seek a Buyer, Without Success by trestles on Friday August 19, 2016 @06:51PM (#12324084)
I could see see something like Uber electric cars / golf carts where driving distances are small such as Sun City in AZ. Baby steps. Can't have a death in an accident though.
Re:Lyft Is Said to Seek a Buyer, Without Success by fastball on Friday August 19, 2016 @05:44PM (#12323738)
Pretty sure 0.01% success rate is still better than human drivers.