Waymo self-driving car crashed when driver fell asleep and triggered manual mode

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Post by fixermark » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 1:55 PM UTC

Waymo self-driving car crashed when driver fell asleep and triggered manual mode
qz.com

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Post by elbracitosNIR » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 2:35 PM UTC

This seems to be fake news from Uber to cover their bad practices.

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Post by thecopy » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 2:39 PM UTC

elbracitosNIR wrote: post #2

This seems to be fake news from Uber to cover their bad practices.

No, it doesn't. That's absurd, Waymo admits it.

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 2:40 PM UTC

elbracitosNIR wrote: post #2

This seems to be fake news from Uber to cover their bad practices.

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Post by village-idiot » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 2:41 PM UTC

Poor UX, poor safety controls.

At this stage in the game, these prototype vehicles should absolutely detect whether or not their operators are paying attention, since they’re part of the safety system of the vehicle.

Also, did they not learn from Uber’s fatal crash? A sole operator in these vehicles is a terrible idea. One person to monitor road conditions and one person to operate any computer equipment should be the standard until we hit level IV or V autonomy.

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Post by Fricken » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 2:43 PM UTC

elbracitosNIR wrote: post #2

This seems to be fake news from Uber to cover their bad practices.

No, that's not what it seems like. This news was broken by Amir Efrati who writes for The Information. He tends to sensationalize his stories, which I don't like, but his facts check out. He has sources inside Waymo and has been reporting stuff like this for a while. He's more than happy to bash Uber as well when he gets the chance.

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Post by jacknews » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 2:44 PM UTC

doh!

There's a lot more 'understand humans' to add to these systems before they're really ready.

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Post by PhasmaFelis » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 2:48 PM UTC

elbracitosNIR wrote: post #2

This seems to be fake news from Uber to cover their bad practices.

Not sure it's in Uber's interest to play up the dangers of self-driving cars in general. Nobody's gonna look at this story and think "I guess Uber's not that bad after all!"

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Post by kalleboo » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 2:49 PM UTC

It's so sad how these companies are spending billions on developing this technology and then still cheap out on the test drivers by having them drive solo and for too long hours (and presumably at minimum wage)

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Post by desdiv » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 2:50 PM UTC

elbracitosNIR wrote: post #2

This seems to be fake news from Uber to cover their bad practices.

You have been on this site for less than an hour and yet you have three flagged comments already. Maybe it's time to change your approach?