  > We're still working out the edge cases

The difficult part is that like with FSD, it's mostly edge cases

▲ const_cast 2 days ago | parent [-]

Driving is just mostly edge cases. I've thought about it a lot, but I think automating driving is much harder than automating even air travel.

Sure the air is 3 dimensions, but driving is too dynamic and volatile. Every single road is different, and you have to rely on heuristics meant for humans.

It's stupid easy for humans to tell what is a yellow line and what a stop sign looks like, but it's not so easy for computers. These are human tools - physical things we look at with our eyes. Not easy to measure. Whereas measurements in the air are quite easy to measure.

On top of the visual heuristics, everthing changes all the time and very fast. You look away from the road and look back and you don't know what you're gonna see. It's why texting and driving is so dangerous.

	▲	godelski a day ago \| parent [-]
		`> I think automating driving is much harder than automating even air travel.` This is a pretty common belief. Well supported too since we've had a high level of automation in aviation for decades. Helps that things are very monitored. 3 dimensions provides a lot of benefits given that it makes for a lower density. Not to mention people don't tend to be walking around in the sky