Re:Comma.ai, self-driving cars and indefinite optimism
by bri3d on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @03:41PM
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I cannot edit my original post any more, but a helpful HNer "DesolationJones" was able to provide a little bit more insight into Comma's safety strategy using information trawled from Reddit comments and Medium posts: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26158158 .
It seems that Comma are actively working on documenting their safety systems (via a new hire to own this task) and creating an audited checklist. And, there is a "new vehicle" checklist enumerated in a Medium post including some safety constraints, although in reading the Panda "safety" tree, I found no actual acknowledgement that these specific constraints were audited for each vehicle addition.
So, it seems that the great strides since 2018 continue - once these promises come true, they will have almost reached what I would consider the baseline level for a safety-related automotive system. Perhaps they will be able to secure an exit this way - I am actually rather surprised they haven't, given the froth level in this space as well as the valuable training data they have collected from their users.
It seems that Comma are actively working on documenting their safety systems (via a new hire to own this task) and creating an audited checklist. And, there is a "new vehicle" checklist enumerated in a Medium post including some safety constraints, although in reading the Panda "safety" tree, I found no actual acknowledgement that these specific constraints were audited for each vehicle addition.
So, it seems that the great strides since 2018 continue - once these promises come true, they will have almost reached what I would consider the baseline level for a safety-related automotive system. Perhaps they will be able to secure an exit this way - I am actually rather surprised they haven't, given the froth level in this space as well as the valuable training data they have collected from their users.