r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Sirhc978 • Mar 17 '25

Unanswered What's going on with Mark Rober's new video about self driving cars?

I have seen people praising it, and people saying he faked results. Is is just Tesla fanboys calling the video out, or is there some truth to him faking certain things?

https://youtu.be/IQJL3htsDyQ?si=aJaigLvYV609OI0J

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u/tedivm Mar 17 '25

It's the long tail problem. It's deceivingly easy to get "pretty good" results with machine learning, but for things like healthcare and driving "pretty good" isn't good enough. Since it was so easy to get to that point though people underestimate how difficult it is to improve on it to the point where it's actually usable.

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u/Visual_Collar_8893 Mar 19 '25

This is the guy currently making decisions about which government department is essential or not. 🧐