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Re:VW invests $2.6B in self-driving startup Argo AI as part ... by jfoster on Saturday July 13, 2019 @05:02AM (#20427189)
Is spanning multiple continents a good thing?
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Re:VW invests $2.6B in self-driving startup Argo AI as part ... by pgeorgi on Saturday July 13, 2019 @05:04AM (#20427197)
It provides awareness to differences in rules, signs and road markings which may help expand.
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Re:VW invests $2.6B in self-driving startup Argo AI as part ... by jfoster on Saturday July 13, 2019 @07:48AM (#20427597)
That's true, but adapting to those things later seems simpler than addressing the technical challenge of autonomous driving.
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Re:VW invests $2.6B in self-driving startup Argo AI as part ... by jefft255 on Saturday July 13, 2019 @08:48AM (#20427792)
Some countries generates different technical challenges (i.e. absent lane markings (even in the summer) and snow in Quebec)
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