Does anyone know about the algorithms behind this? Are they still using Neural networks?
I just can't fathom how a computer can know how to drive.
Google demos driverless cars
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#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
Interestingly enough, a car which simply refuses to drive in hurricanes, hailstorms, white-out snow, and so forth would be rather more than 20% superior to the average driver. So that's easily dealt with - if insufficient sensory data is available, either hand control over to the driver or, if possible, pull to the side of the road. The average driver likely does really horrible in large crashes and pileups, so merel…
Problem is, in twenty years, the car would be handing over to a really amateurish driver.
Much as it would today.
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#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
Note that, witty and knowledgeable as he is, Clarkson isn't exactly the most reliable and unbiased source on the merits of cars he dislikes. Disclaimer: I have an M3, not a Prius. But I average 27mpg.
It's entertainment. Do you think he said anything factually wrong in the clip, though?
"It's entertainment"? Shades of Michael Moore fans.
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#114If Google plays their cards right over the next several years, this could easily produce more revenue for them than ads do.
Did Google demo something that car companies haven't been working on for many years, and demonstrated years ago?
To the downvoters: Please answer the question. BMW has made a driverless car too. How is it different?
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#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ahh so the all the recalled priuses were actually alpha versions of google's self driving cars. I see.
Ok, I get it there is no place for humor here. Xkcd can do it, I can't. Well I have a great respect for google as a company, that's the company I have always dreamt of working for, and my real feelings about this are that I feel great respect and a tad bit of jealousy for our real life iron men larry and sergey who backed by their enormously successful businesses can work on their world changing toys.
This is unrelated to the parent and I don't know where else to ask...
What is the karma threshold on down-voting?
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#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
Rush hour in major cities would be an entirely different experience with automated cars. In my observation, the vast majority of congestion is caused by drivers either overcompensating for changes in conditions (ie slowing down even more than the car in front of you slowed down) or otherwise reacting slowly. I believe highways could handle considerably more traffic if all the traffic were automated. I think it's poss…
I think it's possible to see significant gains if only some of the cars were automated, actually. I've thought about this as well many times.
Is it that an automated car could break a chain of overcompensation?
This sounds really interesting could someone knowledgeable elaborate?
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#117Driverless cars are not going anywhere until they can prove themselves 20% superior than the average driver in ALL the following conditions: Dealing with Rain (visibility and deep water on the road), Hard to see tire eating potholes causing damage, Ice and snow (on road and caking on instruments), Snow accumulation ruts, causing car to move unexpectedly, Evasive driving - cutting across a lawn, (avoiding the pool and…
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Re: Google demos driverless cars
#118Driverless cars are not going anywhere until they can prove themselves 20% superior than the average driver in ALL the following conditions: Dealing with Rain (visibility and deep water on the road), Hard to see tire eating potholes causing damage, Ice and snow (on road and caking on instruments), Snow accumulation ruts, causing car to move unexpectedly, Evasive driving - cutting across a lawn, (avoiding the pool and…
An automated driving system also has a lot more potential sensory inputs than eyes and ears. 360-by-360-degree cameras, radar, IR, etc, which might be able to see through rain, snow, hail, etc. just fine.
Unmarked roads, bad traffic patterns, and routing problems are things we already rely on maps/GPS data for anyway. This system can look at these and get real-time updates without taking its 'eyes' off the road.