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Re:Another Tesla on autopilot steers towards a barrier by hw on Friday April 06, 2018 @03:58PM (#16776844)
I think more people need to embrace and understand the fact that we are a long way from having fully autonomous vehicles that you can just give the steering reins to from start to finish. The term 'Autopilot' gives off the wrong idea that the driver can sit back and relax while the car brings you from point A to point B safely.

The same is happening with chatbots - more and more businesses think they can put a chatbot on their site and assume it'll handle everything when in fact it's meant to assist you rather than take over things for you.

Re:Another Tesla on autopilot steers towards a barrier by ucaetano on Friday April 06, 2018 @04:01PM (#16776864)
> I think more people need to embrace and understand the fact that we are a long way from having fully autonomous vehicles that you can just give the steering reins to from start to finish

Apparently, we're not, as Waymo has shown.

> The term 'Autopilot' gives off the wrong idea that the driver can sit back and relax while the car brings you from point A to point B safely.

Agreed, the "but that's not how autopilots work in airplanes" canned response is irrelevant.

Re:Another Tesla on autopilot steers towards a barrier by jijojv on Friday April 06, 2018 @04:08PM (#16776923)
Yep it took Google/Waymo 8 years to get there but Musk and Uber just wants to move fast and crash into things. Musk wouldn't be selling self-driving since Oct'16 if it's not any day now or would he ?
Re:Another Tesla on autopilot steers towards a barrier by oldgradstudent on Saturday April 07, 2018 @04:54AM (#16779979)
> Apparently, we're not, as Waymo has shown.

The only things Waymo has shown so far are a bunch of marketing videos and a few tightly controlled press rides.

Re:Another Tesla on autopilot steers towards a barrier by sumedh on Saturday April 07, 2018 @01:44AM (#16779549)
> Apparently, we're not, as Waymo has shown.

Does Waymo drive at high speeds all the videos I have seen are at low speeds.

Re:Another Tesla on autopilot steers towards a barrier by dingo_bat on Sunday April 08, 2018 @01:49AM (#16784811)
> Apparently, we're not, as Waymo has shown.

Can you point me to a website or store where I can buy my fully autonomous waymo car? I doubt waymo is even at par with tesla, considering tesla is actually selling cars. Waymo is just vaporware at this point.

Re:Another Tesla on autopilot steers towards a barrier by ucaetano on Monday April 09, 2018 @01:07PM (#16794834)
> Can you point me to a website or store where I can buy my fully autonomous waymo car?

Not sure what are you mentioning, self-driving cars only exist when you can buy them personally?

Let me know where I can buy a M1 Abrams, if you don't, I'll claim they don't exist!

But actually, you can get a ride in a Waymo self-driving car already, with nobody on the driver's seat.

Re:Another Tesla on autopilot steers towards a barrier by dingo_bat on Monday April 09, 2018 @10:54PM (#16798669)
> Not sure what are you mentioning, self-driving cars only exist when you can buy them personally?

No, but somebody should be able to buy. Waymo is just vapor right now. It's an experiment, not a product.

Re:Another Tesla on autopilot steers towards a barrier by ucaetano on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @05:01PM (#16805386)
> No, but somebody should be able to buy. Waymo is just vapor right now. It's an experiment, not a product.

I personally know people who have the option to hail a self driving car in Phoenix, AZ, just as they would an Uber.

But I guess they are just my imagination, right?

Re:Another Tesla on autopilot steers towards a barrier by greedo on Friday April 06, 2018 @06:52PM (#16778184)
Waymo has shown no such thing. In controlled, limited circumstances, yes, but in complex, poorly mapped, degraded conditions, not yet.