Their reason for not having the emergency system engaged at all times doesn’t make sense. If the emergency system is “interfering” at all with your autonomous system it’s BECAUSE your autonomous system is failing to act in the first place. An e-braking system in particular is designed to come on hard almost too late…

Came to say precisely this.

You are so complete and so right that I’m not even going to put my ideas out. It is exactly as you said: Uber is a bunch of kids who came up with a few apps. It is like as if someone was programming their system as a hobby project to fall back to during long cold winter nights.

My opinion (per my angry screed above) is that its highly unlikely any real licensed professional engineers had significant decision making power at Uber’s autonomous unit.

Absolutely necessary to disable one system so the other could control. But it just proves that Uber’s system is inferior and dangerous, and that Volvo should have never partner with them on this autonomous program. It only hurts Volvo’s reputation.

I think its time to crack down hard on tech-bro computer programmers calling themselves software “engineers” without any actual fucking credentials because no licensed professional engineer should ever have allowed a lethal machine with only one flimsy human safeguard in contact with the public.

Three key points;

That would make sense if their system had automatic braking or at least a warning system. Their system had neither. That would mean their autonomous system is inferior to anything we’ve seen. Google’s far superior system uses 2 engineers and an automatic braking system.

When I called Uber’s autonomous tech half-baked, I was clearly overestimating it. There are teenagers who could build a better system in their garage in 6 months. To allow such an incomplete system on public roads, Arizona also has some blood on their hands.

The vehicle operator is relied on to intervene and take action. The system is not designed to alert the operator.

Boy, it’s almost as if there’s a good reason to have regulations on testing unproven technologies which have an impact on public safety.

Sorry, what did you say? I’m having trouble understanding you with Uber’s dick in your mouth.

According to Uber, emergency braking maneuvers are not enabled while the vehicle is under computer control, to reduce the potential for erratic vehicle behavior. The vehicle operator is relied on to intervene and take action. The system is not designed to alert the operator.

You overestimate the competence of the DC Metro system. Everything about it is arbitrary and flawed.

And Qatar’s definitely not used to being held responsible for deaths and injuries involved in running a sporting event.

It’s such an ouroboros of stupidity, DC pisses and moans about people opting to drive or Uber instead of using public transportation and yet no one can figure out how to keep Metro open late enough to allow people to use it after sporting events/when bars close/etc.

My sister has tickets to Game 4. But she lives in Silver Spring, MD.

That seems bizarre that the standard language wouldn’t include an indemnification clause. I can’t imagine a sponsor would accept keeping the metro open late and accept liability when the metro operator runs someone over.

We live in strange times. Now, the Middle East is pulling out of US

Hey baseball, you’re doing it wrong.