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I didn't agree with you and won't. Cars aren't as smart as humans, that's why I said bullshit. Cars may be able to see most of what is around it but aren't going to predict on the level of an aware experienced driver. Which should be the minimum standard if transporting humans is the nature of the business.You're think too abstract. Sorta blew your own theory out of the water with "with the proper infrastructure" and "we're in the infancy stages". We ain't got it yet and outfitting every road in America and AI on a human level or above is a ways off.Umm... you're thinking too small.Bullshit. Kids on bicycles or dogs aren't "data points". They are unpredictable entities that can't be computed.Uber is hemorrhaging money, I guess this is their way of trying to make ends meet. I hope driverless cars are not licensed for a long while. Can a car look up the road head of traffic and anticipate a problem?
Yep, actually they can potentially do it better than humans can since they have access to a far greater number of simultaneous data inputs and aren't vulnerable to subjective decisions.
With the proper infrastructure, the car could "talk" to the road (think "smart road"), other cars, traffic cameras, satellites, and a plethora of other environmental sensors and "see" "kids on bicycles", dogs, etc.., far sooner than a human can not to mention predict where those potential problems are actually going to be at X moment in time far sooner and far more accurately than a human can all that while knowing exactly what the physical road and other environmental conditions are and how said conditions will affect the performance (e.g. braking) of the vehicle.
We're in the infancy stages right now but it's a pretty safe bet that the technology will evolve quickly since there are huge incentives (both economic and social) for it and in the long run it will lead to far safer, more efficient roads and less traffic related deaths.
We ain't got it yet but 15 years ago we didn't have the infrastructure to support the current crop of mobile technologies that are ubiquitous today but yet here we are, the incentives are all there for us to develop and implement the necessary infrastructure for wide scale adoption of driver less cars in relatively short order.
.. .and if you've forgotten the original question posed by you WAS "Can a car look up the road head of traffic and anticipate a problem?", to which I responded "yep" and proceeded to explain exactly how that is possible and how it will be greatly expanded in the future.
As far as the driver less cars available on the road today, while the technology is still limited by lack of infrastructure and nascent vehicle technology they are still quite capable with respect to safety, especially when one considers just how dangerous many drivers currently on the road are, they're just not anywhere near where they are going to be.
I think some people are at least watching porn movies. I'm all for automated driving but not before we can do it safely.and then on the other hand, just think, heading out to the beach for the weekend, you pick up a hot babe thats wearing only a string bikini, your wife is already at the hotel waiting for you to arrive. You set the car to head on down the road for you and while the car is rolling down the highway at 65mph, you are in the back seat knocking off a piece.Or playing with passenger's boobs..Uber is hemorrhaging money, I guess this is their way of trying to make ends meet. I hope driverless cars are not licensed for a long while. Can a car look up the road head of traffic and anticipate a problem?
Yep, actually they can potentially do it better than humans can since they have access to a far greater number of simultaneous data inputs and aren't vulnerable to subjective decisions.
But this is now, not tomorrow. I've ridden motorcycles for 45 years so I'm well aware of all the shitty drivers out there.I think some people are at least watching porn movies. I'm all for automated driving but not before we can do it safely.and then on the other hand, just think, heading out to the beach for the weekend, you pick up a hot babe thats wearing only a string bikini, your wife is already at the hotel waiting for you to arrive. You set the car to head on down the road for you and while the car is rolling down the highway at 65mph, you are in the back seat knocking off a piece.Or playing with passenger's boobs..Uber is hemorrhaging money, I guess this is their way of trying to make ends meet. I hope driverless cars are not licensed for a long while. Can a car look up the road head of traffic and anticipate a problem?
Yep, actually they can potentially do it better than humans can since they have access to a far greater number of simultaneous data inputs and aren't vulnerable to subjective decisions.
Most people that are safe drivers themselves seem to have the same trepidation about the idea of a self driving car, however when you stop and think about all the extremely unsafe drivers out there (chemically impaired, physically impaired, long past the age where they should be driving, completely inexperienced drivers and morons that are just too dumb to drive safely) one starts to realize what a great idea this is and the fact that we can't develop it soon enough.
Beyond that keep in mind there's no reason self driving cars need eliminate the "manual control" option.
I'm all for having a driver onboard but agree with Fox too.I dunno about that, have you seen some of the fucking idiot drivers we have on our roads? You know the ones; the morons driving down the street with their faces planted into their smartphones; the women driving while applying make-up; the idiots coasting along at 20 miles below the speed limit in the fast lane; etc...etc...,I can pretty much tell you that I wont be getting into any car that is missing the driver. Im old school, Im all about thinking that an actual driver is a pretty important part of the equation. I know,, call me silly
Maybe driver less cars aren't such a bad idea.
Doesn't matter whether you agree with me or not, it's GOING to happen, the pieces are already in place, the capital is being deployed and the efforts are already underway.I didn't agree with you and won't.You're think too abstract. Sorta blew your own theory out of the water with "with the proper infrastructure" and "we're in the infancy stages". We ain't got it yet and outfitting every road in America and AI on a human level or above is a ways off.Umm... you're thinking too small.Bullshit. Kids on bicycles or dogs aren't "data points". They are unpredictable entities that can't be computed.Yep, actually they can potentially do it better than humans can since they have access to a far greater number of simultaneous data inputs and aren't vulnerable to subjective decisions.
With the proper infrastructure, the car could "talk" to the road (think "smart road"), other cars, traffic cameras, satellites, and a plethora of other environmental sensors and "see" "kids on bicycles", dogs, etc.., far sooner than a human can not to mention predict where those potential problems are actually going to be at X moment in time far sooner and far more accurately than a human can all that while knowing exactly what the physical road and other environmental conditions are and how said conditions will affect the performance (e.g. braking) of the vehicle.
We're in the infancy stages right now but it's a pretty safe bet that the technology will evolve quickly since there are huge incentives (both economic and social) for it and in the long run it will lead to far safer, more efficient roads and less traffic related deaths.
We ain't got it yet but 15 years ago we didn't have the infrastructure to support the current crop of mobile technologies that are ubiquitous today but yet here we are, the incentives are all there for us to develop and implement the necessary infrastructure for wide scale adoption of driver less cars in relatively short order.
.. .and if you've forgotten the original question posed by you WAS "Can a car look up the road head of traffic and anticipate a problem?", to which I responded "yep" and proceeded to explain exactly how that is possible and how it will be greatly expanded in the future.
As far as the driver less cars available on the road today, while the technology is still limited by lack of infrastructure and nascent vehicle technology they are still quite capable with respect to safety, especially when one considers just how dangerous many drivers currently on the road are, they're just not anywhere near where they are going to be.
define "smart". How "smart" is a drunk driver? or a newly licensed 16 year old driver? or a 70 year old with bad eyesight and slow reaction time?Cars aren't as smart as humans, that's why I said bullshit.
You're describing a software problem which boils down to nothing more than taking in data and formulating a proper response, the variables in question are not all that great since the controls available to a driver are limited, it's all about if X then Y and a smart car has far more accurate data available to it than a human does and can react far quicker and more predictably to changes in the data than a human can.Cars may be able to see most of what is around it but aren't going to predict on the level of an aware experienced driver.
(patiently)I can pretty much tell you that I wont be getting into any car that is missing the driver.
Jesus Christ, your brain is vapor locked. I'm talking about now and you keep babbling about the future.Doesn't matter whether you agree with me or not, it's GOING to happen, the pieces are already in place, the capital is being deployed and the efforts are already underway.
If I only had a dollar for every time my computer did something I did not intend....Uber started service with self driving cars (with driver by controls)
DMV told Uber they were in violation of driving laws and told them to cease.
Uber says there cars are not in violation.
A taxi cab driver released a dash cam of a driverless Uber car running a red light, 3 seconds after it turned red
Good question, ultimately the self driving car would know that the deer was approaching the road well before the deer ever got there since it will have access to sensory data that an unaided human doesn't (external motion sensors, satellite data, on board radar, on board night vision cameras, on board auditory sensors etc...,), even without the external sensory infrastructure the driver less car can react to the deer much better than a human can since it has self contained sensors, knows the road conditions and can react faster and apply braking properly (for the conditions) better than many (most?) humans can.I just got my truck back from the body shop this morning, hit a deer and had the whole front end replaced. I wonder how a self driving car would have handled a deer just jumping out of the trees and in front of the car, Deer wasnt even on the ground when I hit it.
Er um yeah.. the technology is being deployed RIGHT NOW (whether you agree with it or not), that's the subject of thread.Jesus Christ, your brain is vapor locked. I'm talking about now and you keep babbling about the future.Doesn't matter whether you agree with me or not, it's GOING to happen, the pieces are already in place, the capital is being deployed and the efforts are already underway.
