That's a good point Rick, how will the AI handle the failure of a component or system? A flat tire (even a low-on-pressure tire) can be sensed and reacted to, but what is that reaction? What if the tire shop forgets to tighten up all the lug nuts, and while cruising down the highway they loosen up and the wheel starts making noise just before it falls off, while the AI be smart enough to diagnose and properly react? How about after the tire leaves the autonomous car, can the AI react properly?
If the muffler falls off (from the Okie Acres version of the autonomous car) will the AI be smart enough to pull over and tell the passenger to go retrieve the parts and through them in the trunk? What about the autonomous car following the car that lost the muffler or the tire, can they execute an avoidance maneuver without crashing? Me thinks that autonomous cars are a fool's errand, and the cost will be so stinkin' high for anything that comes close to human performance that very few people will be able to afford them. The vast majority will look at the cost and decide that a regular old car will be just fine. ------------- Max Charleston SC On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 1:31 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I have worked with industrial automation for a little while. Sensors fail, > input cards fail, output cards fail. I suspect aircraft navigation systems, > heck all aircraft systems are fairly well inspected on a regular basis. Not > many of us inspect our cars with such rigor. We are car guys... What does > that say for the general population? > > The one way it *may* work is if autonomous auto ownership is held by the > government or the manufacturer, and is subject to inspection and regular > maintenance. Oh, and escort all of the ambulance chasing attorneys to the > "showers". Present company excepted of course. > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
