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Originally Posted by bronco67
My main problem with AI driving cars is it's inability to have that "sixth sense" a human has about the drivers around him. This looks promising.
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I'm in two minds about semi-automated vehicles. The person sitting in the driver's seat becomes complacent and less attentive because the autopilot can handle 99.9% of daily driving situations. What happens when one of the other 0.1% situations hits, and the autopilot disengages with a beep? As a failsafe the car can apply the brakes when it realises it doesn't know what to do, but what if you're travelling at 80mph, and need steering input to avoid an impact? The person sitting in the driver's seat may not have sufficient time to react. On the plus side, the autopilot may be able to sense that it's about to get into a hairy situation beyond its knowledge and control, and sound an advance warning.
There are roadworks on a freeway near me, and they've painted a temporary lane alignment using yellow paint, but they haven't removed the white lines from the old lanes. It's a bit of a mind fuck, because the white lines weave all over the place relative to the temporary lanes, and motorists are not used to yellow divider lines on roads here. I wonder how a self-driving car would go?