Uber’s self-driving car could not detect pedestrians outside of a crosswalk

Re:Uber’s self-driving car could not detect pedestrians outs... by shadowgovt on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @04:39PM (#21467694)

> Why were there no alarms going off at 5.6 seconds when the vehicle was confused!!!??

I wonder if it's because their system is not reliable enough yet; a continuous alarm isn't useful.

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Re:Uber’s self-driving car could not detect pedestrians outs... by rwbhn on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @05:27PM (#21468252)

Then it can't be deployed on public roadways!

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Re:Uber’s self-driving car could not detect pedestrians outs... by jerf on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @09:48PM (#21469939)

You know, I don't usually like this quote when people deploy it, because it rarely applies. Frankly I find it questionable even in the original movie. But it applies here like gangbusters: "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should."

There are a lot of commenters here who seem to be operating on a subconscious presumption that being "the best we could do" is some sort of defense. It's not. If the best you can do is not good enough, don't deploy it.

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Re:Uber’s self-driving car could not detect pedestrians outs... by Nition on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @07:38PM (#21469246)

Considering the aforementioned one second "got a weird result, wait and see if it goes away" system, this seems highly likely. If everything's an alarm, nothing is.

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