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Top misconceptions of autonomous cars and self-driving vehicles

Top misconceptions of autonomous cars and self-driving vehicles | cross pond high tech | Scoop.it

Top misconceptions

  1. Driver assistance systems will evolve gradually into fully autonomous cars
  2. The first models of fully autonomous cars will be targeted to the consumer and will be available for purchase
  3. It will take decades until most of the vehicles on the road are capable of autonomous driving
  4. Self-driving cars are controlled by classical computer algorithms (if-then rules)
  5. Public demonstrations of self-driving cars provide an indication of their capabilities
  6. Self-driving cars need to make the right ethical judgements
  7. To convince us that they are safe, self-driving cars must drive hundreds of millions of miles
  8. Self-driving cars will increase congestion in cities
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:

Which of these misconceptions did you honestly have before reading ? And what is your biggest surprise afterwards ?

Philippe J DEWOST's curator insight, November 7, 2017 12:57 AM

Which one did surprise you the most ?

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Venture Capital Secret: 3 of 4 Start-Ups Fail

Venture Capital Secret: 3 of 4 Start-Ups Fail | cross pond high tech | Scoop.it

Of the 6,613 U.S.-based companies initially funded by venture capital between 2006 and 2011, 84% now are closely held and operating independently, 11% were acquired or made initial public offerings of stock and 4% went out of business, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. Less than 1% are currently in IPO registration.

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