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Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by markdown on Thursday September 13, 2018 @07:02PM (#17983472)
> Great strides is not 'perfected'

The goal isn't perfection. The goal is to be as good as humans.

Eg: An autonomous vehicle driving through snow backed by millions of miles of experience driving in snow is better than someone from the tropics driving through snow for the first time.

Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by logifail on Thursday September 13, 2018 @10:25PM (#17984298)
>> The goal is to be as good as humans.

Which particular humans?

>> An autonomous vehicle driving through snow [..] is better than someone from the tropics driving through snow for the first time

Better than the worst human we can imagine? Better than the average human? Better than the average human who drives on that road at that time of year?

Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by stretchwithme on Thursday September 13, 2018 @11:23PM (#17984464)
The very best limo driver seems like a good human to emulate.
Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality by surfmike on Friday September 14, 2018 @01:22AM (#17984881)
Autonomous vehicles (rightly so) will be held to a higher standard than humans