Comment by mholt

Comment by mholt 3 days ago

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The autonomous vehicle should know what it can't know, like children coming out from behind obstructions. Humans have this intuitive sense. Apparently autonomous systems do not, and do not drive carefully, or slower, or give more space, in those situations. Does it know that it's in a school zone? (Hopefully.) Does it know that school is starting or getting out? (Probably not.) Should it? (Absolutely yes.)

This is the fault of the software and company implementing it.

BugsJustFindMe 3 days ago

> Humans have this intuitive sense.

Some do, some of the time. I'm always surprised by how much credence other people give to the idea that humans aren't on average very bad at things, including perception.

  • navigate8310 2 days ago

    It's an autonomous vehicle fitted with a gazillion of sensors and data to drive itself. We can expect better from it than humans.

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    • BugsJustFindMe 2 days ago

      I'm not sure what your point is here since this was better than many humans. Was it better than all humans? No. But there also isn't a single human who's better than all humans.

recursive 3 days ago

What's the success rate of this intuitive sense that humans have? Intuitions are wrong frequently.