When’s a pedestrian not a pedestrian? When it’s a decal

Re:When’s a pedestrian not a pedestrian? When it’s a decal by yk on Monday July 24, 2017 @09:06AM (#14838078)

We are already in a failure state, the camera did detect a cyclist that is not a cyclist. At this point motion detection will do something, but since the back of the car transforms differently than a real cyclist, this something is at best right by random chance. The worst decision it can make is, that the cyclists are speeding away from the autonomous car and it can therefore accelerate.

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Re:When’s a pedestrian not a pedestrian? When it’s a decal by icebraining on Monday July 24, 2017 @10:06AM (#14838564)

But since the car itself was detected, the autonomous one couldn't accelerate even if it thought the cyclist was far.

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Re:When’s a pedestrian not a pedestrian? When it’s a decal by studentrob on Monday July 24, 2017 @11:32AM (#14839283)

This is a failed state because the system has detected objects that are not present.

We can't know how the system will react in a failed state because engineers will not have prepared for such an eventuality (ignoring negligence).

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