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kleinbl00  ·  2942 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: George Hotz cancels Comma One because of NHTSA letter

As well they should. KE = 1/2mv^2. m = two tons. v = 75mph. KE = 2.29 megajoules, =, according to Wolfram Alpha, about a pound of TNT. Wu Tang Clan ain't nuthin' to fuk wit.

There are two approaches to autonomous vehicles: Google's and everyone else's. Google intends to map the world so precisely that they know about new potholes in realtime. Everyone else intends to hope they can come up with a robodriver capable of dealing with every other asshole on the road. Everyone else may beat Google out of the gate, but they will only serve to demonstrate that Google's approach is better.

And by then, Google will have the maps.