Uber cars
was actually struggling before the crash in Arizona. The robots did not live
up to expectations and have trouble driving through construction zones and next
to tall vehicle
e and yet it
killed a woman in Arizona. “Waymo, formerly the self-driving car project of
Google, said that in tests on roads in California last year, its cars went an
average of nearly 5,600 miles before the driver had to take control from the
computer to steer out of trouble. As of March, Uber was struggling to meet its
target of 13 miles per “intervention” in Arizona, according to 100 pages of
company documents obtained by The New York Times and two people familiars with
the company’s operations in the Phoenix area but not permitted to speak
publicly about it”. I am curious to see what they will do next.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/technology/uber-self-driving-cars-arizona.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Ftechnology&action=click&contentCollection=technology®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront
5 comments:
Whatever dollar value you place on your life is how much you should ask to be paid to ride in one of Uber's autonomous cars. A computer cannot take the place of a human on a road with other humans. Anything could happen at any moment while driving. For now, an investment in such a risky asset could not only hurt your wallet but your physical being as well.
I would never get into a self driving Uber and I cannot imagine how Uber believed this would be a beneficial idea. Technology like this that puts countless lives at risk should be tested relentlessly for years before it is ever is used and is a true service offered. The risks greatly outweigh any possible reward.
I can't believe anyone would ever get into a self driving car! Human instinct is something that could never be replaced by technology. However, I can imagine the money, time, and resources lost/wasted attempting to sell this far fetched idea.
I feel that autonomous cars are a way of the future and will eventually become the new norm. However, I feel that R&D projects such as this should be monitored closely and remain off of real roads until they are perfected. These tests should be done in a closed environment to prevent any tragedies from happening.
I definitely think that self-driving cars are the future, but the biggest obstacle in the shift from driver to non-driver cars is the human emotion. People are risk aversive and wouldn't want to surrender to technology to drive them around. These cars aim to eliminate the error and have a lower crash rate than human-driven cars but it's hard to get current data and evidence on this. When it comes to testing these cars, I think these companies should stick to the fake cities built by them instead of testing them on the real streets.
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