occupants are just passengers and need never be
involved in driving,” according to the US National
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“In other words, driving completely
autonomously, without any need for human
intervention, day or night, in any weather
condition, on any road or highway, anywhere in
any city or other location,” says Professor Melanie
Mitchell of the Santa Fe Institute.
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vehicle can autonomously perform some
functions, including steering, acceleration, and
braking, but Tesla requires all drivers to maintain
control of the vehicle while on Autopilot. Not
doing so can have fatal consequences. In one
incident, a Tesla self-drove into a concrete
barrier, killing the driver, who was playing a
video game on his smartphone.
THE LIMITS OF DEEP LEARNING
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hardware that is in Tesla today...simply by
making software improvements.”
Every Tesla has a front-facing radar and close-
proximity ultrasonic object detectors. But the key
component of its self-driving technology is a set
of eight cameras powered by deep-learning AI
algorithms. The AI helps Tesla cars make sense of
the content of the video feeds and navigate their
environment without crashing into other cars and
objects. This is where Musk’s proposed software
improvements are likely to happen.
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