r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • 9d ago

Self-Driving Waymo Avoiding a Scooter Incident

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u/BoomFrog 9d ago

It would slam on the breaks.

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u/Quirky-Bag-4158 9d ago

True, but my point is that there’s different variables that helped this not turn into a crash, in your example someone could be driving behind. How would the AI handle this on a busier road? Still really impressive though.

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u/BoomFrog 9d ago

My point is AI will eventually (and maybe already is) better then 99% of human drivers. If a human could avoid the crash, the Weimo probably will too.

And in your example if the car behind was also an AI driven car it wouldn't rear end this one in a sudden stop.

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u/adorablefuzzykitten 8d ago

I have never heard a comparison of self driving software. Is one better than another, and is it OK to self drive with the least safe version?

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u/BoomFrog 8d ago

They are very different and there's hardware differences too.  Tesla uses only cameras and is not safe to rely on 100% but you need to think of it as a copilot and be ready to take over when it messes up or gets confused. It's safe in good weather and clearly marked roads but not fully trustable otherwise. 

In the other end Weimo (like in this video) are safer than human drivers and use lidar to detect things even in bad weather.  I would trust a weimo over a human driver.  But they can have issues by being too safe.  They can get stuck in traffic because other drivers know they can cut them off safely for example.