Re:Alphabet's Self-Driving Cars to Get Their First Real Riders
by Noos on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @06:19PM
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I don't think so. I think when you introduce computers to anything, you add more edge cases, not less. They are just different ones though. And I'm also skeptical about the quality of this software once it hits an actual mass-market. People here are assuming high levels of rigor when for all we know, it could be similar to Android in the long term.
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Re:Alphabet's Self-Driving Cars to Get Their First Real Riders
by jdietrich on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @07:22PM
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>I don't think so. I think when you introduce computers to anything, you add more edge cases, not less.
That's sort of my point. Accidents are rarely caused by edge cases, but by predictable human failures. All the information needed to avoid the typical accident was plainly available, but the driver just didn't see it, process it or react to it appropriately. Driving is generally very predictable, but human attention and perception is hugely fallible. An AI that gets the basics consistently right but occasionally freaks out in an unpredictable situation would be a huge improvement over human drivers.