tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post6554612836768974348..comments2024-03-29T08:09:40.730-04:00Comments on Borepatch: The Uber self-driving car software decided to kill Elaine HerzbergBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-53501541100738443762018-05-11T09:01:48.729-04:002018-05-11T09:01:48.729-04:00As I've said for years, the companies are not ...As I've said for years, the companies are not being rigorous enough in their design (to include testing and debugging); they need to achieve the level of of software reliability used for aircraft autopilots, nuclear reactors, and similar systems. <br />This should include running millions of miles on closed courses in all weather conditions with many, many, many obstacles and other vehicles. From what I can tell, they haven't - they hype their systems, then they believe the hype that their systems can do what the salesmen claimed. <br /><br />If they don't rein themselves in and get serious, their problems are going to set the industry back years, if not decades. While I haven't seen per capita fatality numbers for self driving cars, given how few of them are on the road so far, the several publicized deaths in the last year surely exceed per capita fatal accidents for manned cars.Jonathan Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10476185257203343474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-46415593932358086052018-05-10T13:21:40.646-04:002018-05-10T13:21:40.646-04:00Yes, but... the overall false negative resulted fr...Yes, but... the overall false negative resulted from the spurious detection of a false positive that wasn't actually there.<br />This stuff makes my brain hurt. (I sometimes have to deal with logically similar, if vastly simpler, situations from time to time - and have to explain to clients why a particular case is unreasonably difficult as specified. Life would be so much easier if I could send a signal back in time a few milliseconds.)Eric Wilnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04351991168469225129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-6524764243904843652018-05-10T11:22:53.818-04:002018-05-10T11:22:53.818-04:00Eric, actually the False Positive detector created...Eric, actually the False Positive detector created a False Negative.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-88903023528773179972018-05-09T23:30:39.785-04:002018-05-09T23:30:39.785-04:00How utterly meta. The false-positive detector ret...How utterly meta. The false-positive detector returned a false positive...?Eric Wilnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04351991168469225129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-11275858575899114732018-05-09T14:43:55.011-04:002018-05-09T14:43:55.011-04:00Makes me think of "I Robot"...
And the s...Makes me think of "I Robot"...<br />And the saying, "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."<br />I would not ever want such a vehicle.LindaGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203719919661519350noreply@blogger.com