I'm not surprised computers are better at games at all. Games have a finite rule set and and an enormous number of positions, which is something that is very easy for a computer. Driving is the opposite problem. There is an infinite number of rules (does the big machine clearing snow want me to go around it or wait for it?) and a very specific place where it should be so as not to cause an accident. Being good at go does not make a good driver.
I think most people haven't shared a street with them. I spent two years in the same city with these things, as a pedestrian, driver, and cyclist. They're infinitely patient with cyclists, hyper-paranoid about pedestrians wandering in to the street, like a parent is with their toddler.
You say that like it's a good thing, but I'd hate to be the driver behind it. They shouldn't be "hyper-paranoid" because then they are being unpredictable on the toad. They should just do exactly what a person would do in the same situation.
I'm really wondering how they will get around the covered lane markings. Can't go by a GPS map because that's not guaranteed accurate either. At some point you're going to have to fall back to lane markings and signs and no one knows how to make AI understand a stop sign bent over 2' from the ground and half covered in snow either.
Insurance rates won't go down, because everyone is only expecting self driving to be 'at least' as good as a human. It's got to be much better than a human to add up to a drop in insurance rates. There will be no noticeable safety increase until they are much better than humans AND they reach a critical mass of 80%. Before that they are likely to confuse humans by being robotic (think stopping too late to allow room for a truck to back up) and therefore cause more accidents overall.
The last long cross-country trip I went on involved driving through quite a few cities. You can't really have one without the other unless you are willing to go out of your way to stay on a highway.
Sounds kind of like companies who can't afford to pay taxes and so feel entitled to a 0.001% tax rate. Don't even get me started on Spotify or YouTube; which are successful companies due largely in part to helping themselves to pirated content. If companies aren't going to show respect for anyone, why should an individual?
I think you are way overestimating how frequently automated cars will get confused and stop. Certainly an order of magnitude more than when a taxi breaks down or fails to deliver the passenger.
Imagine that. A communist country overtaking a capitalist country in terms of innovation and quality of living. This goes against many discussions I have had here.
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At least if they are doing nothing, they aren't out committing crimes.
I guess some people need to be spoon-fed.
So in other words, you couldn't understand it.
I'm not surprised computers are better at games at all. Games have a finite rule set and and an enormous number of positions, which is something that is very easy for a computer. Driving is the opposite problem. There is an infinite number of rules (does the big machine clearing snow want me to go around it or wait for it?) and a very specific place where it should be so as not to cause an accident. Being good at go does not make a good driver.
Indeed, yet it's being done in the name of putting driverless cars on the road.
From what I hear, Google cars don't have any trouble running red lights.
But that is in fact what they are doing, so.. what are they supposed to say? Would you be driven in a car by a clown with purple hair?
... with no gas, brakes, or steering wheels.
I think most people haven't shared a street with them. I spent two years in the same city with these things, as a pedestrian, driver, and cyclist. They're infinitely patient with cyclists, hyper-paranoid about pedestrians wandering in to the street, like a parent is with their toddler.
You say that like it's a good thing, but I'd hate to be the driver behind it. They shouldn't be "hyper-paranoid" because then they are being unpredictable on the toad. They should just do exactly what a person would do in the same situation.
Just wait until the snow clearing machines come out.
Lust for profit is ignoring you.
I'm really wondering how they will get around the covered lane markings. Can't go by a GPS map because that's not guaranteed accurate either. At some point you're going to have to fall back to lane markings and signs and no one knows how to make AI understand a stop sign bent over 2' from the ground and half covered in snow either.
Uh.. I see thousands of drivers drive just fine in show every single year.
So in other words, you're going to have to watch 30 cars go by before you can merge. Wonderful.
Insurance rates won't go down, because everyone is only expecting self driving to be 'at least' as good as a human. It's got to be much better than a human to add up to a drop in insurance rates. There will be no noticeable safety increase until they are much better than humans AND they reach a critical mass of 80%. Before that they are likely to confuse humans by being robotic (think stopping too late to allow room for a truck to back up) and therefore cause more accidents overall.
The last long cross-country trip I went on involved driving through quite a few cities. You can't really have one without the other unless you are willing to go out of your way to stay on a highway.
Sounds kind of like companies who can't afford to pay taxes and so feel entitled to a 0.001% tax rate. Don't even get me started on Spotify or YouTube; which are successful companies due largely in part to helping themselves to pirated content. If companies aren't going to show respect for anyone, why should an individual?
This should be a lesson on how important human contact is for people. If it was -13F and a blizzard, they would likely be saying something else.
If students want to go back there, then the quality of living must be quite adequate.
That's a no true Scotsman fallacy.. If they're doing something successful they must not be communist.
I think you are way overestimating how frequently automated cars will get confused and stop. Certainly an order of magnitude more than when a taxi breaks down or fails to deliver the passenger.
Imagine that. A communist country overtaking a capitalist country in terms of innovation and quality of living. This goes against many discussions I have had here.
Will they have training to deal with an elderly person that may have medical conditions? How long will this leave the elderly stranded without meds?
It's going to be a lot more than 20 years, but keep dreaming. The way some of you people talk, humans would be totally uninsurable.