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by lambdasquirrel 3055 days ago
Do we need driverless to handle all the corner cases? I’m starting to think this is just the wrong way to look at it. Most of the time we commute home it’s just the same dumb stuff.

We can make an analogy to Starcraft AI-assisted here. What if instead of having a fully automated AI, instead you could train your car to take you home, by driving your route a couple of times? Kind of like how you might train the computer to go harass your opponents expansion and then just call up that subroutine everytime that it’s apropos (still waiting on Blizzard to make this game).

Don’t try so hard to replace the human. Make the human less busy, more powerful.

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The open source Spring RTS interface allows for player-made AIs to execute inside the game engine. You can play alongside your bots (and turn certain behavior off/on with the interface).
Interesting perspective, and your view seems to favor Tesla. Honestly, I just don't know, and expert opinions seem to vary right now. It's hard to remember a time when it was harder to see the ultimate winner in such an important space.