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Re:NTSB: Tesla Model S in Crash Couldn't Have Been Using Aut... by ben_w on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @08:03AM (#27117041)
> Suppose this is a task that, short of overhauling all our road infrastructure, ultimately requires GAI?

I would be surprised if level 5 self driving requires an AI smarter than a mouse or an eagle — freeform environment, arbitrary weather, hostile others, camouflage(!), long range navigation.

The rest of your points I broadly agree with though.

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Re:NTSB: Tesla Model S in Crash Couldn't Have Been Using Aut... by davrosthedalek on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @08:51AM (#27117452)
How many birds have crashed into your windows? At my parents house, this happens a couple of times a year.
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Re:NTSB: Tesla Model S in Crash Couldn't Have Been Using Aut... by ben_w on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @10:53AM (#27118797)
One, over my lifetime.

I don’t think this a great comparison. Firstly, sheets of glass are not a common road obstruction, and even if they were cars have the added advantage of more sensor types (doesn’t require much more brain, it’s equivalent to just another ‘colour’); Secondly, I’ve also been hit by a car driven by a human.

The driver had stopped at a give-way (major-minor junction) [0], then failed to look in my direction and pulled out into me as I was turning into that road.

[0] right where this unrelated white van is in this Google street view photo: https://goo.gl/maps/Xe87aruFbbUazXhp7

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