{"id":133454,"date":"2017-05-11T10:55:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T16:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/11\/robots-dont-do-ambiguous-rules-and-customs-well.html"},"modified":"2017-05-11T10:55:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T16:55:04","slug":"robots-dont-do-ambiguous-rules-and-customs-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/11\/robots-dont-do-ambiguous-rules-and-customs-well.html","title":{"rendered":"Robots don't do "ambiguous rules and customs" well"},"content":{"rendered":"

And that's one of the big problems with autonomous vehicles: they only know what the clear, defined rules are. Exceptions are difficult to understand, and how humans bend or elide over or shade or selectively interpret those rules are impossible to program in.<\/p>\n

Remember: these aren't actual "artificial intelligences." They're sophisticated expert systems … which means they just plain old follow a set of programmed rules, which means messy real life and messy real life drivers are always going to be trouble.<\/p>\n

It's an amusing side light for me, as I am currently in a household with a student driver who is very<\/i> rule-abiding. One of the most difficult things for me as a teacher \/ passenger has been trying to convey when it's okay (or sometimes even preferable or safer) to work around those rules, or deal with ambiguous situations that require a judgment call.<\/p>\n

My daughter is a lot smarter than an autonomous vehicle. I'll be curious to see how she — and such cars — evolve in their driving abilities over time.<\/p>\n

Originally shared by +Les Jenkins<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nThe Real Problem With Self-Driving Cars: They Actually Follow Traffic Laws<\/a><\/span>
\nIn the century or so that people have been driving, two different sets of rules have developed: The official laws that we’re supposed to obey, and the unofficial code of the road that bends a…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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And that's one of the big problems with autonomous vehicles: they only know what the clear, defined rules are. Exceptions are difficult to understand, and how humans bend or elide over or shade or selectively interpret those rules are impossible to program in. Remember: these aren't actual "artificial intelligences." 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