Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals
by cowardlydragon on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @03:01PM
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That is a stupid approach.
Cars have always been coevolutionary with infrastructure and, hell, society as a whole.
Why solve a problem for a point in time and its assumptions... the hard way?
By adopting adaptive and coevolutionary timelines, self-driving cars and a society that uses them can "organically" (sorry for the buzzword) adopt them.
And ignores multiple levels of useful intermediate achievements:
stage 1: self-driving on superhighways for the long haul: a wayyyy easier task with much more controlled information, markings, protocols, risks, etc. And with massive payoffs in consumer and business transportation.
stage 2: more extreme weather events, highways besides superhighways, handle commuting and congestion
after that: progressively more local streets and conditions.
Cars have always been coevolutionary with infrastructure and, hell, society as a whole.
Why solve a problem for a point in time and its assumptions... the hard way?
By adopting adaptive and coevolutionary timelines, self-driving cars and a society that uses them can "organically" (sorry for the buzzword) adopt them.
And ignores multiple levels of useful intermediate achievements:
stage 1: self-driving on superhighways for the long haul: a wayyyy easier task with much more controlled information, markings, protocols, risks, etc. And with massive payoffs in consumer and business transportation.
stage 2: more extreme weather events, highways besides superhighways, handle commuting and congestion
after that: progressively more local streets and conditions.