Uber’s Vision of Self-Driving Cars Begins to Blur

Re:Uber’s Vision of Self-Driving Cars Begins to Blur by 51Cards on Monday August 20, 2018 @12:16PM (#17801191)

I think this is a critical point. We need to reign in the customer's expectations that have already been set too high. They're already expecting to just get in and go anywhere while watching things on their phone or reading a book... soon. We already see this with people posting videos of sitting in the passenger seat while their Tesla rips down the highway in traffic.

Like anything it should be a graduated phase in. It will handle some of the conditions some of the time, and in time it will get better. It would be like me being frustrated I can't carry on a conversation about philosophy with my Google Home. "... but you said I could talk to it and ask it questions!!!"

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Re:Uber’s Vision of Self-Driving Cars Begins to Blur by Piskvorrr on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @04:51AM (#17817310)

Expecting a conversation on philosophy would be completely understandable - if the vendor sold it to you with the tagline "it has all the parts it needs for a philosophic conversation!" Google Home doesn't do that, Tesla does. (Musk doesn't even try to weasel around it: says "full self-driving features", Tesla marketing materials repeat. That is, in my opinion, a blunt lie.)

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