developed world (dw) centric view (cv) of autonomous driving (AI)
After reading the following I realized how limited my world view were when thinking about autonomous driving (AD) vehicles •
BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa
BRIC: Brazil, Russia, India, China
A lot of economists believe these five nations will become dominant suppliers of raw material, services, and manufactured goods by 2050 due to low labor and production costs.
(https://www.bharatinsight.com/g7-g20-brics-and-saarc/)
(Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa)
Group of Seven (G7): the seven major countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, (UK), and the United States of America (USA). Seven largest IMF - International Monetary Fund (1946) - advanced economies in the world are part of this group.
It all started after the oil crises in 1973 when 5 nations USA, UK, West Germany, Japan, and France formed G5. In 1975 Italy was invited to join and G6 came into existence. In 1976 when Canada joined the group and become G7.
(https://www.bharatinsight.com/g7-g20-brics-and-saarc/)
After reading the following I realized how limited my world view were when thinking about autonomous driving (AD) vehicles •
BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa
BRIC: Brazil, Russia, India, China
A lot of economists believe these five nations will become dominant suppliers of raw material, services, and manufactured goods by 2050 due to low labor and production costs.
(https://www.bharatinsight.com/g7-g20-brics-and-saarc/)
(Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa)
Group of Seven (G7): the seven major countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, (UK), and the United States of America (USA). Seven largest IMF - International Monetary Fund (1946) - advanced economies in the world are part of this group.
It all started after the oil crises in 1973 when 5 nations USA, UK, West Germany, Japan, and France formed G5. In 1975 Italy was invited to join and G6 came into existence. In 1976 when Canada joined the group and become G7.
(https://www.bharatinsight.com/g7-g20-brics-and-saarc/)
The G20, short for "Group of 20", is made up of 19 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States, plus the European Union.
Intel's Mobileye Begins Testing Autonomous Vehicles In New York City
Posted by BeauHD • 2021-Jul-21 06:00 • View on SlashDot •
Mobileye, the company that specializes in chips for vision-based autonomous vehicles, is now testing its AVs in New York City -- a difficult and rare move given the state's restrictions around such testing. The Verge reports:
The announcement was made by Amnon Shashua, president and CEO of the Intel-owned company, at an event in the city on Tuesday. Shashua said the company is currently testing two autonomous vehicles in New York City, but plans to increase that number to seven "in the next few months." New York City has some of the most dangerous, congested, and poorly managed streets in the world. They are also chock-full of construction workers, pedestrians, bicyclists, and double- and sometimes even triple-parked cars. In theory, this would make it very difficult for an autonomous vehicle to navigate, given that AVs typically rely on good weather, clear signage, and less aggressive driving from other road users for safe operation. But Shashua said this was part of the challenge in deciding where to test Mobileye's vehicles.
"I think for a human it's very, very challenging to drive in New York City," Shashua said, "not to mention for a robotic car." While other states have become hot beds for AV testing, New York has been a bit of a ghost town. Part of the reason could be the state's strict rules, which include mandating that safety drivers keep their hands on the wheel at all times and requiring state police escort at all times to be paid for by the testing company. A spokesperson for Mobileye says the company has obtained a permit from the state to test its vehicles on public roads and is currently the only AV testing permit holder in the state. The spokesperson also said that police escorts were no longer required.
another example of writer overreach
By nokarmajustviewspls • 2021-Jul-21 07:26 • Score: 5, Informative • Thread
As someone who's been to some of this planet's REALLY congested cities (New Delhi, Bangkok) it's obvious that New York City DOES NOT have "some of the most dangerous, congested, and poorly managed streets in the world", not even remotely close. I used to drive in Seoul at a time when the number of daily traffic deaths in the city were shown on a digital sign board on a major bridge; due to the insane level of drinking and driving then it was in the triple digits. As someone who's spent a LOT of time in traffic in Bangkok, (which is not even the worst in S.E. Asia that would be Jakarta) I can tell you that hours to go less than an a mile in rush hour is common. In India..., well that's another world entirely. I mean c'mon at least New York City has many working traffic lights (I remember when Phnom Penh had ONE) and we aren't even considering the urban disasters that I've heard of in Africa.
In fact, the article it links to doesn't even make that claim, it says "The New York City area officially has the worst traffic in the country, according to the latest survey for Texas A&M’s Transportation Institute.".
As an American, speaking to (presumably) another American, don't assume the biggest or best or baddest or worst in America is it for the world. (Like Los Angeles does not have the largest number of Koreans outside of Seoul or stuff like that).
So for me the true test of a self driving car will be when it can even find the courage to MOVE in the swarm of humanity riding motorbikes sprinkled with cars (driven by people with fake licenses) that is Ho Chi Minh City (the city formerly known as Saigon). Many foreigners who come here, when needing to cross the street are paralyzed with fear unable to step off the curb (they don't know that even the sidewalk won't save them from motorbikes who often drive on it). Some pretty famous people visiting Vietnam have died/been seriously injured trying to cross the street (like the MIT professor Seymour Paypert), The key is to swallow hard and, in a tiny break in the traffic, just step off the curb moving resolutely forward WITHOUT regard to oncoming motorbike traffic (avoid cars like you normally do). I've actually tried this with my eyes closed; unless this is the afterlife, I survived.
It takes courage but the Vietnamese* have that in spades. No wonder why they won the war!
*I'm not Vietnamese but I do have a VN gf :)
Intel's Mobileye Begins Testing Autonomous Vehicles In New York City
Posted by BeauHD • 2021-Jul-21 06:00 • View on SlashDot •
Mobileye, the company that specializes in chips for vision-based autonomous vehicles, is now testing its AVs in New York City -- a difficult and rare move given the state's restrictions around such testing. The Verge reports:
The announcement was made by Amnon Shashua, president and CEO of the Intel-owned company, at an event in the city on Tuesday. Shashua said the company is currently testing two autonomous vehicles in New York City, but plans to increase that number to seven "in the next few months." New York City has some of the most dangerous, congested, and poorly managed streets in the world. They are also chock-full of construction workers, pedestrians, bicyclists, and double- and sometimes even triple-parked cars. In theory, this would make it very difficult for an autonomous vehicle to navigate, given that AVs typically rely on good weather, clear signage, and less aggressive driving from other road users for safe operation. But Shashua said this was part of the challenge in deciding where to test Mobileye's vehicles.
"I think for a human it's very, very challenging to drive in New York City," Shashua said, "not to mention for a robotic car." While other states have become hot beds for AV testing, New York has been a bit of a ghost town. Part of the reason could be the state's strict rules, which include mandating that safety drivers keep their hands on the wheel at all times and requiring state police escort at all times to be paid for by the testing company. A spokesperson for Mobileye says the company has obtained a permit from the state to test its vehicles on public roads and is currently the only AV testing permit holder in the state. The spokesperson also said that police escorts were no longer required.
another example of writer overreach
By nokarmajustviewspls • 2021-Jul-21 07:26 • Score: 5, Informative • Thread
As someone who's been to some of this planet's REALLY congested cities (New Delhi, Bangkok) it's obvious that New York City DOES NOT have "some of the most dangerous, congested, and poorly managed streets in the world", not even remotely close. I used to drive in Seoul at a time when the number of daily traffic deaths in the city were shown on a digital sign board on a major bridge; due to the insane level of drinking and driving then it was in the triple digits. As someone who's spent a LOT of time in traffic in Bangkok, (which is not even the worst in S.E. Asia that would be Jakarta) I can tell you that hours to go less than an a mile in rush hour is common. In India..., well that's another world entirely. I mean c'mon at least New York City has many working traffic lights (I remember when Phnom Penh had ONE) and we aren't even considering the urban disasters that I've heard of in Africa.
In fact, the article it links to doesn't even make that claim, it says "The New York City area officially has the worst traffic in the country, according to the latest survey for Texas A&M’s Transportation Institute.".
As an American, speaking to (presumably) another American, don't assume the biggest or best or baddest or worst in America is it for the world. (Like Los Angeles does not have the largest number of Koreans outside of Seoul or stuff like that).
So for me the true test of a self driving car will be when it can even find the courage to MOVE in the swarm of humanity riding motorbikes sprinkled with cars (driven by people with fake licenses) that is Ho Chi Minh City (the city formerly known as Saigon). Many foreigners who come here, when needing to cross the street are paralyzed with fear unable to step off the curb (they don't know that even the sidewalk won't save them from motorbikes who often drive on it). Some pretty famous people visiting Vietnam have died/been seriously injured trying to cross the street (like the MIT professor Seymour Paypert), The key is to swallow hard and, in a tiny break in the traffic, just step off the curb moving resolutely forward WITHOUT regard to oncoming motorbike traffic (avoid cars like you normally do). I've actually tried this with my eyes closed; unless this is the afterlife, I survived.
It takes courage but the Vietnamese* have that in spades. No wonder why they won the war!
*I'm not Vietnamese but I do have a VN gf :)
source:
► https://alterslash.org/day/20210721#article-19368451
► https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=19368451&threshold=1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&cid=61603863
► https://tech.slashdot.org/story/21/07/20/2035254/intels-mobileye-begins-testing-autonomous-vehicles-in-new-york-city
No comments:
Post a Comment