What many EV fans don't realize is that this functionality will soon be mandatory ;)
Wow, that's really out there. While this could possibly be true in 50+ years from now I certainly wouldn't be to concerned about now. Our roads are not designed for self driving cars.
Maybe, maybe not. See those reflector things that also make your tires thump if you run over them that are near most roadway center lines on major roads. Adding gps plotting beacons would not be that hard. or in the traffic lights, signage.
Just one more reason to dread a discovery of the fountain of youth.
Except we're so far away from legitimate self-driving cars that it's just a pipe dream at this point. Ford dumped their "AI" group, and others have taken huge steps back from the technology as well. Tesla will continue to perpetrate the fraud as long as people are willing to spend $15K on the software, but I'm certain the whole thing will come crashing down if they ever actually turn on "Full Self-Driving Capability" and people start dying.
Our roads aren't designed for them, and the technology is a mirage.
No, I don't think they could. At least not under any circumstances and in any environment. In controlled or quasi-controlled environments, sure.
Ouch! Tough one. That's like asking, "would you rather have cancer or AIDS?"So would you rather have a self driving ICE car or an EV you can drive yourself?
Actually, I don't think this is true. Throw as much money as you want at it, the technology simply isn't there. You're right that flying a plane is different from driving a car, and that difference is everything.
With current sensor technology, radars, INS, and processors, heck even stuff a decade or more older it could detect, sort, and react much faster than a human. The costs would be prohibitive though. And at the end of the day there will always be negative outcomes, they just need to be less negative than what we do now.No, I don't think they could. At least not under any circumstances and in any environment. In controlled or quasi-controlled environments, sure.
Jeremy Clarkson said it rather well. So, you've made a self-driving car. Marvellous. Now, take it to Bolivia and sit in it while it drives itself down the Death Road. If you survive, and you emerge at the other end of the road with clean underwear, then I'll buy it.
Ouch! Tough one. That's like asking, "would you rather have cancer or AIDS?"
Sort of, but thr way they handle the problem is very similar. An eternal disturbance is processed, and an outcome occurs. That is a simplified version, but it would be similar with bad roads, people walking in front of you, and so on.
That technology can cover all known situations. The biggest problem, though, are the unknown, unpredictable ones.
When you break down each technology involved with driving a car in -- as @Vlad Soare pointed out -- uncontrolled and unpredictable environments, the whole house of cards falls apart. Computers simply aren't good enough at things like image recognition, and the underlying algorithms can't respond to novelty the way they need to. The entire AI industry is much further behind than many people think, and the self-driving car is one of the most complex implementations of it.
