I’d argue that self-driving cars were essentially solved by Waymo in 2021-2024, and to a lesser extent I’d include Tesla in this too, and that a lot of the reason why self-driving cars aren’t on the roads is because of liability issues, so in essence self-driving cars came 14-17 years after the DARPA grand challenge.
Hmm, some years back I was hearing the claim that self-driving cars work badly in winter conditions, so are currently limited to the kinds of warmer climates where Waymo is operating. I haven’t checked whether that’s still entirely accurate, but at least I haven’t heard any news of this having made progress.
My guess is that a large portion of the “works badly in winter conditions” issue is closer to it does work reasonably well in winter climates, but it doesn’t work so well that you can’t be sued/have liability issues.
I’d argue the moral of self-driving cars is regulation can slow down tech considerably, which does have implications for AI policy.
I’d argue that self-driving cars were essentially solved by Waymo in 2021-2024, and to a lesser extent I’d include Tesla in this too, and that a lot of the reason why self-driving cars aren’t on the roads is because of liability issues, so in essence self-driving cars came 14-17 years after the DARPA grand challenge.
Hmm, some years back I was hearing the claim that self-driving cars work badly in winter conditions, so are currently limited to the kinds of warmer climates where Waymo is operating. I haven’t checked whether that’s still entirely accurate, but at least I haven’t heard any news of this having made progress.
My guess is that a large portion of the “works badly in winter conditions” issue is closer to it does work reasonably well in winter climates, but it doesn’t work so well that you can’t be sued/have liability issues.
I’d argue the moral of self-driving cars is regulation can slow down tech considerably, which does have implications for AI policy.