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It should be mandatory for all self-driving car (system/software) vendors to publish their test plans and all test logs for public to review before the car/soft
by srcmap 8y ago
It should be mandatory for all self-driving car (system/software) vendors to publish their test plans and all test logs for public to review before the car/software are allowed to be on the public road.
It likely allows everyone to learn from all the mistakes and improve the process for the whole industry - similar to the passenger airplane safety record improvements learned from every single accidents/crashes.
- mrep 8y agoThe potential problem with that is it reduces everyone's incentives to do it in the first place because they can just leech off of their competitors.
- w_t_payne 8y agoThey do that anyway, to an extent.
- blevin 8y agoPerhaps we will end up with a standardized validation simulation model that autonomous vehicles must pass for licensing. The test suite could grow as more anomalous scenarios are analyzed (ex: acceleration into gore point; white-painted trailer truck turning across divided highway; debris on highway), and it would ensure that any new vehicle on the market or OTA update would meet a minimum of safety. Manufacturers could compete on test suite coverage and acceleration curve stats, and market using rendered video of simulation results showing superhuman skill.
- w_t_payne 8y agoI hope there is some level of cooperation. At the very least we should have a standard set of crash or near-miss scenarios so that we can collectively learn lessons when things go wrong. Particularly when people have already paid the price with their lives.
- w_t_payne 8y agoThat is not a bad idea ... although if they published the ones that they have now, it might give people some pause.
- Splines 8y agoIn addition I hope to see independent 3rd party reviewers developing their own autonomous car test suites so we can see how off-the-lot cars operate under hostile test conditions.