Re:Researchers trick Tesla autopilot into driving into oppos...
by rayiner on Sunday March 31, 2019 @01:25PM
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Not really. Traffic on 95 in NC/SC/GA keeps moving at 50 even in southern downpours so heavy the lane markings are invisible. Here in DC the lane markings are ordinarily entirely off, because lanes get closed when there is construction on a building by the road. People figure it out. Self driving tech that relies on lane markings isn’t viable in the real world.
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Re:Researchers trick Tesla autopilot into driving into oppos...
by mjevans on Sunday March 31, 2019 @02:27PM
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Humans have millions of years of evolution, particularly at selecting for predictive behavior within real world physics (sight the prey, lead the shot, kill the prey; avoid the predator, etc).
Combine that with past experience about what the shape of the roadway is, and a human can fill in a LOT of missing data and correctly read clues to get a 'good enough' update on the situation and move forward.
Usually that's along the lines of: follow the car in front of me, and match their changes in motion to avoid the badness.
As long as things work, which they will most of the the time on a freeway where no one's screwing around, you'll get out of the other side without issue.