Autonomous Vehicle Advocates Claim Pedestrians Need To Be Reprogrammed Not The Vehicles

You’re crossing the street wrong.

That is essentially the argument some self-driving car boosters have fallen back on in the months after the first pedestrian death attributed to an autonomous vehicle and amid growing concerns that artificial intelligence capable of real-world driving is further away than many predicted just a few years ago.

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SanJoseDriver - 8/17/2018 5:04:32 PM

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People will always be unpredictable, AI will have to overcome that somehow. If Waymo can figure it out, others can too.

MDarringer - 8/17/2018 7:30:27 PM

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Execute autonomous vehicle advocates.

TomM - 8/17/2018 7:39:21 PM

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While I will not be in favor of AUtonomous Vehicles on regular city streets and highways - I have always thought that there would be at least one place for them.

I always thought that there would be a new set of Interstate Highways - limited Access - no pedestrians - where the speeds would be controlled by road - where access to the highways from ramps would be controlled - where space between cars would be controlled - etc. This way - the vehicles on the road could go faster than they currently do - but since ALL vehicles on the road would be controlled - they would be eminently safe to go on as well.

SanJoseDriver - 8/21/2018 1:21:26 AM

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That sounds a lot like the Loop system the Boring company is working on in LA and Chicago.

TomM - 8/18/2018 7:20:20 AM

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Current Highways were not constructed with Private funds.
Somehow the idea that new limited access highways would need to be funded privately is nonsense.