> To me, they don't seem much better than the demos people were giving ten years ago, in academic competitions, etc.
From what I remember from ~10 years ago (and a quick glance at Youtube videos from then confirms it) the state back then was roughly:
- DARPA challenges where cars were driving on dirt roads at about walking speed
- High speed driving on completely closed of racing tracks (with no other cars present), e.g. BMW i330
- Simulated real world conditions on closed of tracks with the system significantly slowing down at intersections and pretty reliably producing slow speed crashes
Compared to what that video is showing, that's night and day.
From what I remember from ~10 years ago (and a quick glance at Youtube videos from then confirms it) the state back then was roughly:
- DARPA challenges where cars were driving on dirt roads at about walking speed
- High speed driving on completely closed of racing tracks (with no other cars present), e.g. BMW i330
- Simulated real world conditions on closed of tracks with the system significantly slowing down at intersections and pretty reliably producing slow speed crashes
Compared to what that video is showing, that's night and day.