[SystemSafety] Google lobbies to test self-driving cars in Matrix-style virtual world

[Matthew Squair]

Or even 'the wrong type of snow', if they're driving up in the mountains?


On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 6:27 PM, Martyn Thomas <
martyn at thomas-associates.co.uk> wrote:

> Interesting. I wonder if the simulation contains people deliberately
> spoofing the GPS or the laser guidance.
>
> It would also be interesting to hear what Google has discovered about
> the safety of the Californian road network. It their simulation is
> realistic, I would expect them to have identified some real-life hazards
> that the road engineers could eliminate, and to have some statistical
> data on the injuries that would be saved.
>
> Martyn
>
>
>
> On 22/08/2014 04:49, Patrick Graydon wrote:
> > Does anyone have further detail on Google’s plans?
> >
> >
> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/21/google-test-self-driving-cars-virtual-world-matrix?commentpage=2
> >
> > — Patrick
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