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Originally Posted by mrkajz44
I do find it interesting how this though process works:
1) We all agree that computers are vastly better than humans at taking in a ton of inputs, computing them, and spitting out appropriate outputs
2) We also all agree that winter driving requires a driver to consider far more inputs than normal driving (how slippery is the road, will I start to skid if I hit the brakes, etc.)
But after putting these two together, the conclusion is that human drivers are better than computers at winter driving. I don't get it.
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Because there are some things computers are not very good at. Like, you and I can look at a dog, and say "that's a dog". An algorithm can look at it, and have no idea what it is. You can see a cyclist, and see that they saw you, and understand each others intentions. Computers are not good at that. They'll get there, but we have a ways to go.
For winter driving, most of these systems rely on lines on the road to see where they are. Without it, they become useless, whereas humans can make interpretations of inputs. It's not that computers can't process all the inputs, it's that computers need to be programmed to interpret them. They have to identify features in an image properly which is much tougher when everything is covered in snow.