As far as I understand it, the only task for remote drivers is not to drive the car, but essentially to nudge a stuck car into making the right decision to get unstuck, for example when a delivery driver has blocked enough of a travel lane and the robocar cannot make up its mind whether to chance it through the remaining gap or to backtrack. Cor.
On Tue, Dec 3, 2024, 3:29 PM EV List Lackey via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > On 3 Dec 2024 at 1:55, Evan Foss via EV wrote: > > > they are hiring remote drivers. > > The Optimus* robots that served guests at the big robotaxi event in > October > were remotely controlled, too. > > That was just a clever parlor trick, unless you're an investor being > fooled, > but with remotely controlled cars you're in a whole different game. > > IMO, they'll be remotely UNcontrolled. > > How can they get low enough latency, especially once hundreds or thousands > of these robotaxis are chewing up bandwidth? > > What happens when the car does just well enough on its own for the driver > to > get bored and inattentive? That's already a problem with backup drivers > in > the cars. > > Will the remote drivers be able to *feel* what the car is doing, or will > they just have sight and maybe sound? You need *all* your senses to > handle > a driving emergency. And, again, in real time, not delayed milliseconds. > > Even low-wage remote drivers will be expensive. I bet there'll be > pressure > from management and investors to cut the cost by making the backup drivers > double up on cars - or worse. > > Would YOU want to be a remote driver? Could you take the stress? What if > you sliped up and someone died? How would you feel? What would happen > when > the dead kid's family sued you? > > I'm not just talking about Tesla. This applies to all attempts to > remotely > control "autonomous" vehicles. > > This is a science fiction dream for owners, managers and investors, and a > nightmare for the rest of us. > > *Only Elon Musk would name his robots after a Radio Shack audio brand from > the 1970s. :-\ > > David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey > > To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my > offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > Elon [Musk] desperately wants the world to be saved, but only if he > can be the one to save it. > > -- Sam Altman > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20241203/e064d9fb/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
