Self-driving cars are headed toward an AI roadblock

Re:Self-driving cars are headed toward an AI roadblock by CPLX on Thursday July 05, 2018 @04:24PM (#17466501)

Why can't they just have normal cars for sale that also drive themselves to start with? Like I have a car and recline and read a book on a commute most of the time. If snow gets crazy or there's very strange construction or a flooded road or a flat tire we go back to manual driving.

That's plausible and incremental. No cleaning problems, no homeless people living in them, no need for remote monitoring, a far simpler liability and insurance situation, and so on.

My assumption is we'll start talking seriously about robotaxis on the day this scenario is practical and battle tested. The idea of starting with taxis seems ludicrous in comparison.

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Re:Self-driving cars are headed toward an AI roadblock by jonknee on Thursday July 05, 2018 @04:59PM (#17466806)

> That's plausible and incremental. No cleaning problems, no homeless people living in them, no need for remote monitoring, a far simpler liability and insurance situation, and so on.

These are all solved problems, I mean when was the last time you saw a homeless person camped out in a Zip Car? BMW's ReachNow vehicles are all over Seattle and they are clean, insured, fueled/charged and exactly 0 people live in them.

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Re:Self-driving cars are headed toward an AI roadblock by CPLX on Thursday July 05, 2018 @09:01PM (#17468163)

I live in Brooklyn, where ReachNow launched with much excitement and pulled out within a year or so due to problems with maintenance, damage to cars, and difficulty with the technology.

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