What does training look like? Do self-driving cars only work in certain countries where they have been trained?
What does training look like? Do self-driving cars only work in certain countries where they have been trained?
I work in this space and am not aware of what you're describing. M/L calibration is tuned where it's legally allowed to run on the streets as well as where there's interesting problems to practice against (bridges, tunnels, etc.)
The same way how human learn/train.
Observe how most people behave then imitate.
That's a lie, though. The meme that México is an uncivilized place is dumb and doesn't hold much substance.
Edit: Downvote me all you want, GP's statement is laughably easy to disprove. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Blinkers can mean something different at different times, depending on context, while traffic lights and signs are treated as a suggestion. Speed limits and their enforcement are non-existent (outside of expensive toll road), and lane lines aren't something that have meaning. Pedestrian traffic (or hell, animal and farm traffic) is unexpected and unexplainable, as are public transportation options (imagine giant school buses flying through roads, playing leapfrog to get in front of one another to be able to pick up the next people waiting for a ride).
The consequence of these differences for self driving cars will be a very, very difficult problem to solve unless the majority of the vehicles are self driving, which is not a solution that will happen anytime soon in Latin America.
I go (or used to) Guatemala a lot and the Camionetas are so insanely scary! Going over huge mountains, roads with giant holes in them, tipping this way and that, filled 3x per seat or omre with mounds of carrots and cargo on top. lots of times the money guy hangs out the front entrance while it's driving!
They go SO fast it's super scary to me I'm surprised I haven't seen one tip over on those corners or bust a brake and run off the mountain.
There was more mayhem, but that one is illustrative.
In my experience, the laws are not as closely adhered to as I have seen in other places.
Like, so chaotic that I refuse to do it different. I leave the driving to the locals when I'm there.
I don't think anyone's saying Mexico is uncivilized. It's a beautiful place with beautiful people, massive cultural output, great universities, etc.
I'm just not going to invest in a startup trying to build self-driving cars for Latin America anytime soon.