[threeseed]

Public perception is irrelevant because self driving cars right now are irrelevant.

It's very much a binary situation like Siri. Either the technology works and is 100% effective under all conditions or it doesn't. If it doesn't then people aren't going to look at it as a key purchasing differentiator because they won't really rely on it. Because of this I think we have at least a decade if not more before it matters who is winning the race or not.

[dexterdog]

What technology works 100%?

[grogenaut]

My knife works pretty well. As does my blanket.

[roel_v]

Not to take this into 'silly analogy' territory, but I have many knives that dull after two weeks of use and others that stay sharp much longer; some that work great to fillet fish and some that I can pry a screw out of an oak log with anf be fine; but none that can do both.

And I have blankets that I sleep great under in winter and summer and others that make me wake up in a puddle of sweat. And some I take camping and others that are very comfortable but very delicate.

So no I wouldn't say that anything I own works 100% of the time. Some work more than others, and good stuff generally works in several situations (or not, when it's optimized for one use case) - but overall, if your threshold for success is 'pretty well', then any self driving tech that isn't worse than humans would be good enough.

[grogenaut]

But the thing you missed is that having to have 50 different knives is a benefit :)

[roel_v]

Yes, that's very true, but having to have 50 blankets isn't :)

[grogenaut]

your SO isn't a quilter are they?

[supermatt]

Mathematics?

[supermatt]

Got ya, mathematics doesn't work.

[toisanji]

Smart phones

[Buge]

Every smart phone I've had has crashed at least once. Not to mention tons of wifi problems.

[dexterdog]

I can only assume he was joking