On 09/01/2013 10:56 AM, scott wrote:
> Lots of technical detail about how the sensor and control systems work
> in an autonomous car. Pay attention - this is the future!

Lots of people are doing interesting work on AI, but the question I 
always have to ask is "why bother with a multi-billion dollar computer 
system when a human being can already do the exact same task for a few 
pence per hour?"

In this instance, I imagine this and similar designs will never be 
popular due to safety factors. The probability of an electronic system 
shorting out might be roughly the same as the probability of a human 
driver suddenly having an episode due to a previously undiagnosed 
medical condition, but since when does probability have any baring on 
human decision-making?

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