G.M. Unveils Its Driverless Cars, Aiming to Lead the Pack

Re:G.M. Unveils Its Driverless Cars, Aiming to Lead the Pack by omarforgotpwd on Thursday November 30, 2017 @07:19AM (#15815151)

I don’t think so. Humans employ more advanced techniques when they’re driving, and as autonomous systems improve they should be able to do these “risky” moves too. Right now the primary concern is safety, so V1 will be overly cautious to the point of causing problems. Things will start to get interesting when the system is hyper-accurate and can route cars around at high speeds within seconds of hitting each other for maximum efficiency.

Humans employ these driving techniques not because they’re stupid, but because they’re confident that they can pull off these moves safely (even though that is sometimes not true). In the future I’d expect the software to also advance to a state where it can confidently speed and pull off risky moves.

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Re:G.M. Unveils Its Driverless Cars, Aiming to Lead the Pack by Nomentatus on Thursday November 30, 2017 @01:26PM (#15818145)

I think you've missed my point, which was narrow - the stated "problem" is much better than a fiery collision problem.

Of course, there are other problems (bugs really) still extant that don't have an upside I can see - such as remaining stationary and letting another vehicle back into you from 20 ft away, out of "caution"; which I think is a rough description Las Vegas crash.

I don't doubt that AI that isn't ethical (say causes others to crash sometimes, but saves you ten seconds) could be create and might appeal to many, but I don't look forward to this development.

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