News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Self-Driving Truck Encounters the Unexpected, Then Reaches a Milestone. Parent comment

Re:Self-Driving Truck Encounters the Unexpected, Then Reache... by CDRdude on Friday March 09, 2018 @08:05AM (#16551427)
Perhaps dense fog, or whiteout blizzard conditions? I’m making the assumption that the server parses the data from the truck to determine what it is seeing.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Self-Driving Truck Encounters the Unexpected, Then Reache... by winthrowe on Friday March 09, 2018 @08:20AM (#16551495)
No, those are sensor failures, not external communications failures.

The human equivalent would be being unable to call someone for directions.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Self-Driving Truck Encounters the Unexpected, Then Reache... by Maybestring on Friday March 09, 2018 @08:23AM (#16551514)
The article says it's a person making decisions with acceptable delays of 15 seconds.
[ Parent | on HN ]