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Originally Posted by Alfisti
Everyone is underestimating the how far the technology still has to go because no government is going to introduce this until it is fool proof.
The last 5% of development will take longer than the first 95%.
We are 20 years away, minimum.
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And we're not even considering how patents and rivalries will hinder the advances in the next stages of this technology progression. Many companies are sharing or opening up some patents in the hopes their version of the technology wins out.
At the current stage, these autonomous vehicles can handle mundane situations IMO. They can not handle panic stops + avoidance such as a pedestrian jumping into your lane, and other "quick thinking" situations where more than one input is required (braking and steering).
Real people have a hard time dealing with these as well and I've yet to find a computer or computer system that can outthink a human every day, all day (yeah, Watson can beat a chess champion but have you seen the size of that machine!?).
What we'll get is pre-programmed reactions so we're back to the single most problematic issue -- who is responsible when the program is inadequate? Who's accountable?