Autonomous Cars Struggle in Snow, but MIT Has a Solution for That

car and no driver ^ | FEB 25, 2020 | By Colin Beresford

[Seruzawa]

A youtuber called “Samurai Guitarist” has a video where he compares AI written music to human written. The AI stuff is lifeless and easy to detect.

[Nuke From Orbit]

I think that I half the battle. We already have breaking systems and object alert systems also. Here again these companies are hell bent on taking the driver out of driving a car.

[KrisKrinkle]

“...anywhere that you have to actually drive your car yourself.”

How are they going to learn to drive themselves? If they learn, how are they going to maintain the skill?

[crosdaddy]

Less than 2% of cars sold in the U.S. last year were manual trans.

[dp0622]

How could it not be?

It has no life.

No joys or pain or struggles or defeats or victories accumulated in their souls to tap into.

Music comes from the heart and soul. Last I checked, AI was missing both.

[Harpotoo]

Here’s another good one: The paperless office:-)

[dp0622]

600. Yes. Fastest thing I’ve ever driven in.

My Challenger has about 425 after rebuilding the exhaust.

[PIF]

I have simple solution that most autonomous cars could use to beat the winter snows - its called, variously, a parking space and sometimes a garage.

[dp0622]

What’d you call me?

Now I have to look it up :)

[Harpotoo]

I have worked with Airinc which was created in 1954.
I have worked for Railinc which was created in 1998.
Both use AI very well and both are final arbitrators/clearing houses of disputes, cash allocations, car locators etc in all things airline and railroad related here in the US and elsewhere!

[shotgun]

I was thinking laser guided would be cheaper and easier to aim and deploy.

Minimum of 4 laser range finders/detectors located at each corner of the vehicle and aimed at the lane striping and adjustable by the driver for conditions where there is no striping.

[dp0622]

Bro go take a xanax.

And pay attention to what we’re talking about next time.

Or don’t bother me

[Olog-hai]

Seems to correspond to availability. No matter how many car dealer lots I frequent, it’s extremely rare to find a stick.

[Harpotoo]

Let’s see? We’re talking autonomous driving cars and you go off talking about AI written Stock Market articles that suck.
Someone else talks about Music written by AI that sucks.
I talk about where AI actually works very well and you get all pissy about me staying on point?
Bro, maybe you are the one who needs to stay on point and have a xanax.

[ctdonath2]

“Why the hell would anyone place their life in the hands of a computer controlled car?”

Most of us put practically all our money in the hands of financial computers. Works out pretty well.

I look forward to computer controlled cars. Most long-distance driving is on clear well-defined roads, no need for me to micro-adjust constantly for most of 20 hours’ drive (I do a 3000-mile round trip annually). Obviously have to pay attention when hands-off, and take over for complex/suspicious/confusing situations (bad weather, problematic vehicles in proximity, start & end “last mile” of trips).

Important objective fact: human drivers result in some 50,000 traffic fatalities annually. Yes, computer-driven vehicles WILL involve fatalities. The important, fair, & objective question is: which is preferable, the fifty thousand dead we’ve normalized, vs likely less under different contexts?

Outside of cases where obviously a human should be driving, self-driving cars are proving significantly safer than people ... like upwards of 10x better. In context & used appropriately, don’t see why you _wouldn’t_ prefer computer controlled cars.

[ctdonath2]

My office is practically paperless.
Only paper strewn about is personal bills and proliferation of books (’cuz I won’t let go).

[ConservativeWarrior]

Don’t forget how flawlessly automatic faucets, soap dispensers, and automatic paper towel dispensers function.

I miss the 90s.

[dp0622]

That was gonna be the biggie!!! :)

There’s more paper than ever lol

And I didn’t understand a word of your other post.

Too technical.

I slap away posts that I don’t understand as a coping mechanism :)

It only works about 30 percent of the time :)

Have a good one FRiend

And never take me seriously. So few do. :)

[backwoods-engineer]

I’ve a better solution: HUMAN DRIVERS.

[newzjunkey]

Back in the late 1980s through the mid/late 1990s, automated highway (AHS) tests were done in California which tested using permanent magnets embedded in the road for the autos to use as guides. I took my first ride in one of these "self-driving" cars almost 25 years ago.

President Build-a-Bridge-to-the-21st-Century's DOT terminated its AHS program in 1997 leaving many of the projects in a lurch and the not ready for publication of results.