Self-Driving Cars Learn Mostly in Cities, and That Gap Is Now Measurable

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Self-Driving Cars Learn Mostly in Cities, and That Gap Is Now Measurable

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TrackenDaKracken

lemmy.world

A vehicle trained and validated almost exclusively on dense urban grids may simply lack the exposure needed to handle a deer at dusk on a farm road.

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sh.itjust.works

So do I, but that's also why I'd use extra care driving in farm country or anywhere without sufficient traffic to keep the critters wary. Seems to me the inability to know its own limits is a major hazard of AI in general