Re:Cruise Shows Off Level 4 Skills in SF, Passing Uber and M...
by hueving on Sunday January 29, 2017 @04:31AM
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If you're solution to the problem is to not solve it under the constraints offered, then you're not really solving it. Someone could easily use your argument to say we shouldn't have self driving cars in the US either when we can just use automated trains.
Re:Cruise Shows Off Level 4 Skills in SF, Passing Uber and M...
by rubicon33 on Sunday January 29, 2017 @02:03PM
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> "If you're solution to the problem is to not solve it under the constraints offered, then you're not really solving it."
That is of course, unless, you DO solve it under other constraints. Sure, you haven't solved X problem with Y solution, but you've still solved X problem. Self driving cars may not be the solution to ALL kinds of traffic problems, but it turns out, they don't have to be.
I'm going to get down voted for this, but it has to be said.
The whole "well it couldn't drive in X country" scenario is ridiculous. Driving in unruly, chaotic, unregulated environments is NOT a problem for self driving cars to solve.
That type of driving environment certainly IS a problem, but one that has already been solved by good governance, including laws, rules, and regulations for improving safety of traffic. Countries like the United States, among others, have developed a set of rules and regulations that make self driving cars possible within their domain. It's foolhardy to assume self driving cars can, or should, work outside of that domain.