How fixed-gear bikes can confuse Google’s self-driving cars
An awkward encounter with a cyclist highlights the technology’s tough road ahead.
Hasnain says:
From HN comments:
"In the not so far future this will be a concept impossible to explain to kids. That we all used to drive around these multi-thousand pound machines and rely on the expertise of often distracted strangers to not be maimed or killed (and dying by the millions by the way)... It already is starting to sound ridiculous. The thought of no machine in control will be terrifying before long."
"One of my favorite jokes is a grandparent talking to their grandchild, saying, "Did you know, when I was a kid, we used to drive cars ourselves?"
"No way, grandpa! And nobody ever got hurt?"
"Oh no! Every year millions died!""