What would the point of current self-driving car systems be? If you can't take your attention off the road anyway, it's basically a glorified, expensive cruise control.
I think (like Hotz) that very good assist tech is the future, and dodgy self driving tech is a temporary fad.
Complete autonomy on geofenced highways may well be good enough soon that we can sleep or work for 90% of the commute because the autonomous system can give us 20 sec to take over when confused, rather than 1. And that can probably be solved with very cheap hardware (1-2 cameras, a front radar) compared to the huge expensive lidar and camera arrays you need for driving in complex scenarios.
So if someone can make a system that offers fantastic assist and limited but safe autonomy for 10% of the roads but 90% of the driving time - that’s not a bad thing.
I mean, today, ditto. But for like at least 100M of the 300M+ Americans, that's not an option for various reasons...
Real self driving cars, on the other hand, only exist in inspirational videos.
A 24/7 transport system that gets you to the last mile and is cheap is an impressive achievement.
That's an interesting way to describe trains
You can't give bits and piece of automation for a vehicle. Mainstream tech is all about making it fool proof. Not giving warnings and calling about weighted death stats.
You’re teaching the AI in Tesla’s case. Theoretically, your drive is safer with driver augmentation safety systems in other manufacturers’ vehicles, even if they’re not contributing data back for algo refinement.
https://medium.com/@comma_ai/the-half-way-point-55662cef04f2
No level 1-3 system can get you from A to B unassisted.
Baby steps, man... baby steps