Autonomous Vehicles

[Hoofhearted]

(04-19-2018, 09:32 AM)Au165 Wrote: Yes it can recognize human over things. Standard home PIR sensors can tell the difference, these vehicles are using super high end versions along with LIDAR and other sensors. Like everything they aren't perfect yet, and some are better than others, but everything on the road currently tests at "as good or better" than average drivers on the road today. Obviously things like the Trolley Problem are ethical questions that humans struggle with and would have to decide within a second who to take out, but we can't ask AI to solve ethical dilemma's that even we have no answer for.

The issue is more acceptance of a robot that may kill someone during complex events. For instance the Arizona issue where the woman crossed into the street right in front of the car. In the video you can easily see based on when the person even ended up in the camera frame that no normal human driver in those conditions avoids that person because you can barely see them. There would be little outrage if a human hit her, but because it was an autonomous vehicle we lose our mind. The difference is the programmers can continue to improve the AI and sensors to get better, statistics show human drivers are getting worse so the outlook should still be positive. 

It's weird because a lot of the issue with them is this distrust of technology for important tasks. In most situations, even beyond driving, it is proven that AI handles high stress situations better than humans. We have to get passed our own preconceived belief we are better at mundane tasks than AI and accept our inferiority in certain areas. 

Yeah, but in what situations can it do that? if it's -30 out, blinding snow, can it still tell that? What if a kid or someone was behind an object? I have my hesitations about it's full adaptability. 

And yeah, the issue of the robot and the security behind it is a huge cause for concern. I think people don't entirely trust it yet because it doesn't have a sense of perception and reasoning; they go off what a person is programming it.