They were supposed to be the future. But prominent detractors—including Anthony Levandowski, who pioneered the industry—are getting louder as the losses get bigger.
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Computers are superhuman at narrow, focused tasks in "kind" environments -- where there are unbreakable rules and no major changes in the playing field as the game progresses. Computers are AMAZING at games like Chess and Go, for instance.
Computers do poorly in "wicked" environments (i.e., normal life situations) where things change drastically and often, where the rules vary constantly, where new situations arise unexpectedly, where actual human experience is necessary to understand the nuance and context of what is happening, and so on.
Computers are basically idiot savants with multiple specialties (depending mostly on software) but without common sense or other important human attributes (including feeling and empathy).
I mostly agree. If we want self driving cars to work any time soon they need a controlled environment. It wouldn't be all that difficult to make freeways that environment. Maybe start with separated self-driving only lanes similar to HOV lanes.
If it's really something we want to do...
...outstanding observation....