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		d--b on July 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Despite High Hopes, Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Way in ... Just to play the devil's advocate: the level at which autonomous vehicles operate today was unthinkable in 2000. Literally unthinkable. The progress in AI has been a massive step forward in a very short amount of time. We may be years away, but the truth is we are one or two "massive breakthrough" away. These could happen tomorrow, or in 50 years, or never at all.

qznc on July 17, 2019 [–]

"Literally unthinkable" is too much. Here is a self-driving van back in 1993: https://youtu.be/JTnBiTIvGqY

Sure, it is an empty highway. I guess that is what you mean by "the level at which autonomous vehicles operate today". Still, people surely were thinking about Waymo like performance.

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