Fully autonomous cars just 2 years away

[Jeeves]

Can't we make some self-driving cops to clean up Brazil?

 

[Billy T]

Can't we make some self-driving cops to clean up Brazil?

Possibly, but they would need an income to give some the the politicians.

 

[Jeeves]

Possibly, but they would need an income to give some the the politicians.

And here, I thought just being bullet-proof, hooker-proof, addiction-proof and bribe-proof would make a good cop. Oh well.

 

[Plazma Inferno!]

In the meantime, NVidia reveals new AI supercomputer for self-driving cars NVIDIA DRIVE PX 2, announcing in the same time a partnership with Volvo: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nvidia-announces-new-ai-supercomputer-for-self-dri/1100-6433507/

NVIDIA DRIVE PX 2 will allow the auto industry to use AI to tackle the complexities inherent in autonomous driving. It utilizes deep learning on NVIDIA's most advanced GPUs for 360-degree situational awareness around the car, to determine precisely where the car is and to compute a safe, comfortable trajectory.
The Nvidia Drive PX 2 supercomputer is the size of a lunchbox and has processing power equivalent to that of "100 MacBook Pros."

Update: General Motors joins the (self-driving) race by investing $500 million in Lyft, a company focused on creating a self driving ride hailing service: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/05/technology/gm-invests-in-lyft.html

 

[Plazma Inferno!]

A Virginia Tech study contends that it’s likely self-driving cars crash less often than cars driven by a conventional driver: Source

 

[Plazma Inferno!]

Obama just gave a huge boost to autonomous cars by pledging nearly $4 billion over the next 10 years to help “accelerate the development of safe vehicle automation through real-world pilot projects.”
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/obama-just-pledged-4-billion-to-develop-autonomous-cars