Ford CEO says the company 'overestimated' self-driving cars

Re:Ford CEO says the company 'overestimated' self-driving cars by radiorental on Thursday April 11, 2019 @03:10PM (#19638104)

> This is one of thousands of edge-cases that are going to be extremely challenging to automate.

On the contrary, this is very easy to automate, it's a simple shared route planning communication between the cars.

The challenge remains interpretation and reaction to irregular environmental objects and structures.

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Re:Ford CEO says the company 'overestimated' self-driving cars by nostromo on Thursday April 11, 2019 @03:13PM (#19638135)

Step 1: no human drivers.

Ah yes, so simple.

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Re:Ford CEO says the company 'overestimated' self-driving cars by radiorental on Thursday April 11, 2019 @03:19PM (#19638184)

I appreciate you're trying to be glib. However, up to level 4 autonomy I'm not sure I understand your point? Even the most optimistic people agree level 5 vehicles are multiple 10s of years away.

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Re:Ford CEO says the company 'overestimated' self-driving cars by pwinnski on Thursday April 11, 2019 @05:41PM (#19639526)

Is Elon Musk included in your "the most optimistic people"?

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