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Left to its own devices, Thrun says, it could go only
about fifty thousand miles on freeways without a major
mistake. Google calls this the dog-food stage: not quite
fit for human consumption. “The risk is too high,” Thrun
says. “You would never accept it.” The car has trouble in
the rain, for instance, when its lasers bounce off shiny
surfaces. (The first drops call forth a small icon of a
cloud onscreen and a voice warning that auto-drive will
soon disengage.) It can’t tell wet concrete from dry or
fresh asphalt from firm. It can’t hear a traffic cop’s
whistle or follow hand signals.
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