They describe this as a third-generation vehicle, but it still requires multiple human-driver interventions over a single journey. How many more generations to reach reliable true autonomy?
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#12They describe this as a third-generation vehicle, but it still requires multiple human-driver interventions over a single journey. How many more generations to reach reliable true autonomy?
If they're referring to the typical classification of autonomous vehicles, Level 5 is complete autonomy. Level 3 refers to human intervention required for everything but highway driving in good conditions. Of course, they may be referring to the third generation of vehicles made by Uber, which is a relatively useless term as each manufacturer will require a different number of generations before reaching full autonomy. Not really sure as it's entirely possible this is both third generation and level 3 autonomy.
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#13How is this going to combat people who make a mess inside the vehicle after going 100 percent without human drivers/test engineers? If it picks up a drunk person at 3 AM who then throws up inside the car, is it vomit-aware and knows it needs a cleaning before picking up the next passenger?
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#15How is this going to combat people who make a mess inside the vehicle after going 100 percent without human drivers/test engineers? If it picks up a drunk person at 3 AM who then throws up inside the car, is it vomit-aware and knows it needs a cleaning before picking up the next passenger?
Probably. Even if it can't be automated (which doesn't sound too complicated), it wouldn't take many people to evaluate a photo of every cab interior once after every ride.
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#16How is this going to combat people who make a mess inside the vehicle after going 100 percent without human drivers/test engineers? If it picks up a drunk person at 3 AM who then throws up inside the car, is it vomit-aware and knows it needs a cleaning before picking up the next passenger?
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#17How is this going to combat people who make a mess inside the vehicle after going 100 percent without human drivers/test engineers? If it picks up a drunk person at 3 AM who then throws up inside the car, is it vomit-aware and knows it needs a cleaning before picking up the next passenger?
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#18Just saw this: https://electrek.co/2016/12/14/uber-autonomous-rides-califor... I am confused do they require a permit or is uber changing the claim/capabilities of the car to evade getting a permit?
Interesting. My guess is Uber is just planning on paying the inevitable fines as is their modus operandi. I wonder how much an infraction like this costs? I doubt there's any precedent.
Not sure why you're being downvoted. It's the MO of airbnb, uber and other SV startups. We've seen more than once that making a land grab for a new market brings more long-term success than any penalties dished out for not playing by the rules.
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#19How is this going to combat people who make a mess inside the vehicle after going 100 percent without human drivers/test engineers? If it picks up a drunk person at 3 AM who then throws up inside the car, is it vomit-aware and knows it needs a cleaning before picking up the next passenger?
You could just have the next person report it, which fines the previous person.
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#20How is this going to combat people who make a mess inside the vehicle after going 100 percent without human drivers/test engineers? If it picks up a drunk person at 3 AM who then throws up inside the car, is it vomit-aware and knows it needs a cleaning before picking up the next passenger?
just have a hose-friendly interior for those late nights, and more upmarket cars for other times.
you could have before and after photos taken for each trip.