Can we have a less flamey discussion of self driving cars?

Re:Can we have a less flamey discussion of self driving cars? by slickdork on Sunday July 03, 2022 @11:21AM (#31968373)

AI/ML just isn't at a point yet where it can encounter something it's never seen and make a decision about it in a predictable way. Which is problematic with driving for two reasons.

1) crazy things happen on the road all the time, none of which are 100% predictable, since humans have free will. Sure, the majority of driving is very predicable, but it's that tiny fraction of clown cars that's a problem.

2) humans are bad in scenarios like the above. Imagine the car has been driving by itself for 200 miles. The human will probably start reading a book or looking a their phone. And then, dang, something happens that requires human intervention. But the human wasn't paying attention. so, there's a crash!

If we can solve the problem of AI being able to think for itself, rather than drawing conclusions based on past data sets, then 100% fully autonomous driving will exist. As will a completely society changing AI!

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Re:Can we have a less flamey discussion of self driving cars? by h2odragon on Sunday July 03, 2022 @11:36AM (#31968491)

> none of which are 100% predictable, since humans have free will.

Not just humans. The judgement call of "hit the critter with my car or try to avoid a crash while swerving to avoid it" is hard for humans too; how will we program our machines to make that choice for us?

My wife ran into a falling tree branch once, wasted the windshield but no other real damage, fortunately. It was traumatic for her and the circumstance wouldn't have been avoidable, human or computer driving.

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