Tell HN: I took autonomous taxi rides to/from/around SF downtown yesterday

Re:Tell HN: I took autonomous taxi rides to/from/around SF d... by al2o3cr on Sunday September 24, 2023 @02:30PM (#37635828)

     The vehicle started to cautiously roll forward, then
     the people got impatient and cut in front of it, and
     this caused the vehicle to think it was doing something wrong.

"Think"? There's no "think" involved here; rolling forward when there are pedestrians on the road isn't legal no matter how much they're "jaywalking".

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Re:Tell HN: I took autonomous taxi rides to/from/around SF d... by SeanAnderson on Sunday September 24, 2023 @02:37PM (#37635902)

They weren't on the street when the vehicle moved. They were standing on the corner. The vehicle had a green light, but wasn't moving into the intersection because the intersection was blocked. The vehicle started to roll forward to approach the intersection, the pedestrians decided to cut across without a right-of-way light, and the vehicle stopped rolling forward when they entered the crosswalk. It then took longer than I would've expected for it to decide the coast was clear and to approach the intersection again.

Yes, I understand it is not actually thinking. I'm also a software engineer. The pedantism isn't adding insight to the conversation.

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