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Sleeping Tesla driver wonders why his car ploughed into 11 traffic cones on a motorway

Ken Moorhouse Silver badge

Re: by a truck towing a truck

It probably was a bit confused that the truck was moving backwards, rather than "thinking" that it was a truck towing a truck. This is arguably what makes AI so impossible.

What is needed in self-drive environments is a "beacon" on bollards saying "no you can't use this lane" and a "beacon" on the towed truck saying "this is not what you think it is, use yer brain". This beacon would be supplied to recovery companies to fix on their vehicles when towing.

*A beacon being something that emits a warning radio signal which is recognised by all self-driving cars.

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