California Suspends Cruise Robotaxi Operations Over 'Risk to Public Safety'
California Suspends Cruise Robotaxi Operations Over 'Risk to Public Safety'
General Motors' driverless Cruise taxis can no longer operate on California roads without a safety driver, effective immediately.
General Motors' driverless Cruise taxis can no longer operate on California roads without a safety driver, effective immediately.
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Self driving cars have been such a perfect example of something not living up to what it was touted to be. We are way behind in tech, and way ahead in what we’re being sold/told. Meaningful self driving (fully fleshed out level 4 or 5) reality is 10-20 years away.
Have you ridden in one? I took a few trips in SF and they went very well.
Nothing is ever what it's touted to be in the beginning. All the movies you see with this stuff working would have gone through what we're going through now in their worlds.
I've concluded either self driving vehicles need to be completely isolated from all the humans on/near public roads doing a bunch of unexpected things, or it would take an actual artificial intelligence to really share the roads with human drivers. And once you have actual artificial intelligence that opens up a whole new set of logistical, ethical, and possibly existential problems.
You mean like put them underground and maybe on rails and then make them bigger to support more people? Like like like a Subway?
Yeah like a train or subway. Still, trains and subways don't have to deal with traffic conditions but they still are expected to attempt an emergency stop if there is a hazard ahead. Self-driving cars don't even do that reliably.
There are a lot of benefits for them, but you're right, they aren't all there.
What I could agree to in the meantime is dedicated lanes on freeways and shit. They'd have to have their own infrastructure, and California does that really quick.