[Softball Fan]

Some think GM's Cruise is the Theranos of the driverless car industry. Apparently, remote human intervention is required every 2.5 to 5 miles of driving, and they use 1.5 operators for every vehicle. Yikes...

Could Cruise be the Theranos of AI? And is there a dark secret at the core of the entire driverless car industry?

true self driving cars (level 5) 



are a long way in the future, I'd guess at least 10 years and probably much more

I think some applications will appear sooner, like point-to-point drives by trucks on mostly freeway routes, but true self driving cars that can negotiate city driving in all weather conditions will not happen anytime soon

I agree.  My son is a software engineer working on Autopilot at Tesla.  He also says it is at least 10 years away before there is true full self driving in any situation, in any weather, on any road.   He does feel the new generative AI approach has the potential to move things along faster than what was previously expected.

The frustrating thing about these current robo-taxis in San Francisco is they are confined to mapped areas where every road is programmed into their software and they are still having major problems.  If you took them outside the mapped areas they wouldn't know what to do and would come to a stop.  Eventually it will work but still a way to go.

[Softball Fan]

Some think GM's Cruise is the Theranos of the driverless car industry. Apparently, remote human intervention is required every 2.5 to 5 miles of driving, and they use 1.5 operators for every vehicle. Yikes...

Could Cruise be the Theranos of AI? And is there a dark secret at the core of the entire driverless car industry?

true self driving cars (level 5) 



are a long way in the future, I'd guess at least 10 years and probably much more

I think some applications will appear sooner, like point-to-point drives by trucks on mostly freeway routes, but true self driving cars that can negotiate city driving in all weather conditions will not happen anytime soon

I agree.  My son is a software engineer working on Autopilot at Tesla.  He also says it is at least 10 years away before there is true full self driving in any situation, in any weather, on any road.   He does feel the new generative AI approach has the potential to move things along faster than what was previously expected.

The frustrating thing about these current robo-taxis in San Francisco is they are confined to mapped areas where every road is programmed into their software and they are still having major problems.  If you took them outside the mapped areas they wouldn't know what to do and would come to a stop.  Eventually it will work but still a way to go.