Google's Self-Driving Car Can't Navigate Heavy Rain or Most Roads
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Google's Self-Driving Car Can't Navigate Heavy Rain or Most Roads
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#2“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.”
I guess this means we're moving into the 'ridicule' phase.
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#3The real question is whether Google's self-driving car is better (it doesn't have to be perfect) than humans in heavy rain (humans also have difficulties in heavy rain).
Re: Google's Self-Driving Car Can't Navigate Heavy Rain or Most Roads
#4“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.” I guess this means we're moving into the 'ridicule' phase.
Exactly what i was thinking. The article seemed to me as needless bashing, thr priduct isnt on the market, its still in developement. How scared of google is the author?
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#5Would it be possible for someone to just address the complaints in the article?
"While Google's fleet has safely driven more than 700,000 miles, the autonomous model relies so heavily on maps and detailed data that it can't yet drive itself in 99 percent of the country, according to an MIT Technology Review report."
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#6The real question is whether Google's self-driving car is better (it doesn't have to be perfect) than humans in heavy rain (humans also have difficulties in heavy rain).
No, the real question is can it drive in heavy rain. I've seen humans do it.
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#7“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.” I guess this means we're moving into the 'ridicule' phase.
Re: Google's Self-Driving Car Can't Navigate Heavy Rain or Most Roads
#8The real question is whether Google's self-driving car is better (it doesn't have to be perfect) than humans in heavy rain (humans also have difficulties in heavy rain).
Humans have difficulties, but they manage it decently, driving slower, and more carefully. And the car apparently is unsafe to use in such conditions.
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#9Even if it can't it still can be incredibly valuable in a lot of climates where it operates well most of the time(ie most of California at this point). Most people don't travel very far and where they do is probably well mapped. Google could solve a small percentage of the problem and still win.
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#10“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.” I guess this means we're moving into the 'ridicule' phase.
Exactly what i was thinking. The article seemed to me as needless bashing, thr priduct isnt on the market, its still in developement. How scared of google is the author?
Or maybe the author heard Google hype like 'no steering wheel' and 'no accidents in 700k miles', did the reporter thing of doing research and found out that it's as close to a streetcar as a fully driverless car, and wrote a story on it.