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user-inactivated  ·  3382 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Self-driving cars can be fooled by fake signals

    The funny thing is if you want to get an autonomous car to slow down abruptly, run in front of it. You need not worry one iota about its reaction time. Hijacking an autonomous vehicle would be as simple as having a bunch of dudes swarm it so it couldn't get anywhere and then bust the window and grab the occupant. No LIDAR necessary - do it Somalia-style.

You know what's funny? When I first heard about automated cars, I always figured it'd be easier to disrupt them physically than it would be digitally. Of course, I never figured how to do it, but you came up with a good example right there.





kleinbl00  ·  3382 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm gonna guess the Secret Service adopts antigravity before they adopt self-driving cars.

user-inactivated  ·  3382 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well, wouldn't it make sense that anything made for law enforcement, emergency, or military applications would have a different set of protocols to follow? As a more benign example, a tank wouldn't give a second thought about a pothole.

kleinbl00  ·  3382 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Autonomous vehicles leverage routine. The examples you list above are all about improvisation. There's the additional issue of the legality of any enforcement or interdiction performed by a non-human agent; the simple example of red light cameras should point out how sticky that's gonna be.

Cop cars, ambulances, fire engines and tanks are gonna have drivers for a long, long time to come, I reckon.

b_b  ·  3382 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That highlights the real issue with self-driving machines. Namely, how will the police harass minorities in an age when you can't invent a pretext for pulling someone over? Local budgets are gonna suffer.

user-inactivated  ·  3382 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hmm. Yes. Good point actually.