I still want to see a self-driving car in Minnesota in winter. Road markings, what road markings? For that matter where is the road?
The road markings will be clearly visible, of course, since there will be self-driving snowplows around 24/7.
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#12I still want to see a self-driving car in Minnesota in winter. Road markings, what road markings? For that matter where is the road?
The road markings will be clearly visible, of course, since there will be self-driving snowplows around 24/7.
How are the road markings visible to the first snowplow?
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#14> Of course, it’s just a regular car he drives into it for demonstration purposes. Because a self-driving car wouldn't have any reason to drive into the circle, so it wouldn't get "caught". The actual reason a regular car is used is because this is an "art installation" and not a serious critique of self-driving algorithms. A more effective trap would be a "no entry" sign on a one-way street (or one side of a dual ca…
>A more effective trap would be a "no entry" sign on a one-way street (or one side of a dual carriageway), positioned so the car can't see it before entering the street.
reminds me of rollercoaster tycoon where you could trap guests indefinitely by using that technique.
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#15I'm running an autonomous driving event in a few weeks. I guess we could try this out?
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#16People do this to regular cars already with acts such as stealing stop signs. In some ways self driving cars will be easier to fool, but in other ways more difficult (eg, intersections with stop signs may also be contained in a database).
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#17Actually, this raises some rather large questions about intent of someone fooling a self-driving car. Laying a trap for the occupants, so that they can be easily robbed.
Like the mischief being mentioned against trucks and Uber's by drivers (we can almost guarantee this will happen), what about just strait up traps for robbery?
There were some cases of this with the Pokémon game right?
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#19I wonder if we'll eventually see a world where the former Uber drivers who are slowly being lulled into dependence fight back when their jobs are automated away. Autonomous vehicles could be an easy target in a lot of ways, especially when unoccupied. Slap some electrical tape on their sensors, chock their tires, or confuse them with clever tactics like this.
> Autonomous vehicles could be an easy target
An orwellian, neworked device with hundreds of sensors, cameras, laser scanners? Not so easy.
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