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Uber's self-driving car didn't malfunction, it was just bad

Posted by Deimos
Tags: transport, automotive, cars, uber, vehicles.autonomous, author.alexis c madrigal, source.the atlantic, paywall.soft
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/ubers-self-driving-car-didnt-malfunction-it-was-just-bad/561185/

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Authors
Alexis C. Madrigal
Published
May 24 2018
Word count
645 words

6 comments

  1. dodger
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    They use pants as a java build tool. Nuff said.

    They use pants as a java build tool. Nuff said.

    1 vote
  2. [4]
    AReluctantTilder
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    Oh my gosh. That’s insanely irresponsible of them. Also it says this was posted 12 days ago

    Oh my gosh. That’s insanely irresponsible of them.

    Also it says this was posted 12 days ago

    1 vote
    1. [3]
      ourari
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      The article is from May 24. Maybe it's a weird feature that lists the date of the article and not the post date? Or maybe Deimos posted it before, delisted it, and then revived it. But it's...

      The article is from May 24. Maybe it's a weird feature that lists the date of the article and not the post date?

      Or maybe Deimos posted it before, delisted it, and then revived it.

      But it's probably just a bug.

      2 votes
      1. [2]
        Deimos
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        I'm not sure what you mean. I did post this 12 days ago. @dodger left a comment 29 minutes ago, which will bump the post up if you're using "Activity" sort.

        I'm not sure what you mean. I did post this 12 days ago. @dodger left a comment 29 minutes ago, which will bump the post up if you're using "Activity" sort.

        3 votes
        1. ourari
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          Sorry for the confusion. I just saw AReluctantTilder's comment and accepted that there was a problem or unexpected behaviour and went from there. It being correct is of course the simplest...

          Sorry for the confusion. I just saw AReluctantTilder's comment and accepted that there was a problem or unexpected behaviour and went from there. It being correct is of course the simplest explanation :)

  3. merick
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    Uh... yea. Besides the obvious problem of not alerting the person supposed to take control, isn't the whole point of self driving cars the fact that they can make faster and more reliable...

    Instead, the system relied on the driver to take control in an emergency, but “the system is not designed to alert the operator.”

    Uh... yea. Besides the obvious problem of not alerting the person supposed to take control, isn't the whole point of self driving cars the fact that they can make faster and more reliable decisions in emergency situations? Telling the driver "we're crashing in 3 seconds, do something" is not particularly helpful lol