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by namrog84 1352 days ago
Perhaps unpopular opinion but I think the tech is more than good enough that I think most cars should be autonomous already. However the reason I think there isn't is because public perception, regulation, changing tradition is hard, and peoples acceptable safety.

It seems like most would rather wait until autonomous cars are way better than human drivers while not truly acknowledging most human drivers are awful. Sure I dont want people hurt or killed but I think it could have made more progress in prod so to speak.
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fuckstick 1352 days ago
> However the reason I think there isn't is because public perception, regulation, changing tradition is hard, and peoples acceptable safety.

No, the reason is that for city driving there is no system that is even close to navigating typical driving problems that humans encounter multiple times on a daily basis. There are plenty of videos of self driving cars flummoxed by basic road obstacles.

What people like you call “edge cases” are actually common occurrences.

If you think any non geofenced system is close to average human level competence you are simply deluded.

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tluyben2 1352 days ago
I don’t agree with the gp, but humans, in my tiny village, drive into shit every single day. We just don’t accept that from self driving cars, but we do from humans because it’s normal.
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ClumsyPilot 1352 days ago
Do they make catastrophuc errors like mistake back of a semi for an underpass?

Do they stop in front of a cardboard box and just stand there for minutes?

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Kirby64 1350 days ago
Human drivers drive into other people all the time, whether due to intoxication, tiredness, or just outright not paying attention. I know two people that have gotten rear-ended at a stoplight by another driver going >40mph. One of them was drunk. The other claimed to not be paying attention and otherwise seemed sober.

Likewise, plenty of people just stop paying attention and read their phones ... idling at intersections much much longer than necessary. Or drive stoned and drive around at ridiculously slow speeds.

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mola 1352 days ago
Your assumptions are just wrong. Currently, self driving cars are much worse than humans. Invest some time and do the research. It's appalling how misleading sources like Tesla PR are.
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