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319 points doctoboggan | 2 comments | 11 Dec 25 18:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.53s | source
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viburnum ◴[11 Dec 25 22:02 UTC] No.46237841[source]▶
Quite the qualification for self-driving: "as long as there are clearly painted lane lines."
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japhyr ◴[11 Dec 25 22:52 UTC] No.46238448[source]▶
Fully autonomous driving in all conditions in all locations is clearly a hard problem that's still not solved.

I'm very happy with any company that clearly spells out the situations where their tech works, and the situations where it doesn't yet work.

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1. red75prime ◴[12 Dec 25 00:55 UTC] No.46239607[source]▶
I can't find how it will operate. Will it detect a situation where lines are not painted sufficiently clearly, warn you, and disengage? Or will you need to detect where it begins to operate wonky because lines aren't painted sufficiently clearly and to take over? I guess it's the second. It's hands-off, not eyes-off.

Also, I would like to see a car company that is further down the road of full autonomy clearly describing all the long tail scenarios. It's just impossible.

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2. jmtulloss ◴[12 Dec 25 03:29 UTC] No.46240570[source]▶
The current Gen 1s will start beeping at you if they can’t see the lines. If you don’t take over quickly it will start slowing down and beeping very insistently.