On one hand I understand that it is a monumental advance in technology.
On the other hand a computer can recognize a unique face from pretty far.
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over the course of the last decades, we have learned that within a closed system – with concrete parameters and explicit rules/rewards, a computer will almost always outperform a human. this is why computers are, like you mentioned, incredibly good at facial recognition, video games, chess, etc.
however, the problem of driving is much more nuanced, and complicated. the act driving involves a ton of moving parts (changing lanes, watching for pedestrians, reacting to other drivers, changing lanes, knowing the rules of the road, speed limits, highway construction, etc. etc.) tesla and comma.ai as well as some other companies have already developed self driving systems that work, and are being used by people on the roads daily. but the real problem of self driving is building true, level 5 systems which are unquestionably better than a human. so it’s not a matter of just building self driving software, it’s about building incredibly good self driving software that can operate without human intervention/oversight.
perhaps we can, and perhaps we can’t. regardless, the challenge requires us to build artificial intelligence systems that are generalized and incredibly adaptable to any number of problems that can arise on the road. this is a very difficult computer science problem that many people are working on, and many dollars are being invested into – it will be fun to see how it plays out over the next decade.
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