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Originally Posted by Inner Dirt
Do you know anything about the computerized motion control systems that are needed to operate an autonomous vehicle?
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Originally Posted by JerryBoyle
Not as much as I'm guessing you think you do. What's your point? I'm no climate scientist, but it's clear there's global warming attributable to humans burning fossil fuels....
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I am pretty sure I know more about computerized motion control than 99.999% of the population and then some. You seem to be very adamant about the benefits of autonomous vehicles with no understanding of what can cause catastrophic failures that lead to serious consequences.
Many of the items needed to operate the self driving car function best and have longer lifetimes in clean climate controlled environments, the exact opposite of what they will encounter over the road. Extreme hot, cold, moisture or vibration can cause immediate failure of components. Computer controlled systems don't always just shutdown when something causes a feedback loop to become corrupted, they can cause uncontrolled runaway motion. Also during the testing process these self driving cars are going to get care and maintenance they would never see if they sold to John Q. Public.
I am pretty sure there are plenty of people in here that have had a sensor fail on a car and send a false warning message, like when it tells you you have a flat tire when you don't or your windshield washer fluid is empty when you just filled it? What happens when a sensor controlling the motion of a self driving car fails?
