XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science
From: droleary@8usenet2013.subsume.com
In article ,
"Robert A. Woodward" wrote:
> In article ,
> Walter Bushell wrote:
>
> > In article <240120140855359808%YourName@YourISP.com>,
> > Your Name wrote:
> >
> > > Without massive amount of expensive changes to the roading system and /
> > > or a sudden, and currently immpssible, increase in the functionality of
> > > "artificial intelligence", there's no way to stop the cars going the
> > > wrong way down a one-way street (as one example) simply because Google
> > > Maps told them to.
> >
> > Or more spectacularly on the wrong side of a limited access highway at
> > high speed. Anyway human drivers manage both.
>
> Usually when drunk (also, usually at night). I wonder how well an
> self-driving car's cameras can "see" traffic signs in low light
> conditions.
Keep in mind that it doesn't have to "see" them in detail every time.
When you have a world full of machines that can always scan and share
what they see, the main thing that needs to be seen immediately are what
has *changed* since the last time something was recorded. If that
traffic sign has been the same for years, it could be covered in snow
today and the machine would be able to "see" it. Human memory can take
a guess, but I'd sure rather have an augment reality windshield that
helped fill in the gaps.
Hmmm. Puts me in the mind to write a new app. One that records video
of your commute, but plays back video of your (or other's) previous
travels along your same coordinates/direction. Timeshifting the world
to one of better visibility; doable with today's technology.
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