Originally Posted by
dabigboy
On a serious note, I firmly believe that driveless cars will *never* be truly workable in the current real-world environment until/unless artificial intelligence makes some big breakthroughs. Philphine brings up a great point about the driverless car figuring out if a motorcycle or other smaller object is occupying a lane. Without really awesome (and not-yet-attained) AI, any attempt to handle these sorts of situations individually are just limited-scenario hacks.
Matt
Last year, AI made a huge leap forward, by passing the "three wise men" test, in which three robots programmed with the same AI, but two of them were muted. Then each one was asked who could speak. Two of them said nothing, and one said "I do not have enough information to answer that question" and then corrected itself by saying "wait, actually I believe I have a voice" this is a huge step forward, as it marks the first time a robot has officially acknowledged it's own existence.