Re:Volvo is reportedly scaling back its self-driving car exp...
by im_down_w_otp on Sunday December 17, 2017 @04:34PM
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That's because Volvo's AV software position is a joint venture w/ Autoliv called Zenuity. https://www.zenuity.com
So if you're looking for CV/ML people working on the perception part of the stack, look there.
FWIW, I work in this field now and I have fairly low confidence in the non-ML parts of the software stack across the industry. There's a lot more to this problem than well manicured computer-vision demos, and Volvo is a lot less cavalier about loss of human life than almost anyone else, so it's fairly heartening to see them realign around realistic expectations.
So if you're looking for CV/ML people working on the perception part of the stack, look there.
FWIW, I work in this field now and I have fairly low confidence in the non-ML parts of the software stack across the industry. There's a lot more to this problem than well manicured computer-vision demos, and Volvo is a lot less cavalier about loss of human life than almost anyone else, so it's fairly heartening to see them realign around realistic expectations.