{"id":103642,"date":"2015-12-18T17:46:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T22:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dacgroup.com\/google-driverless-mit-images\/"},"modified":"2024-12-31T06:35:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T11:35:09","slug":"google-driverless-mit-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dacgroup.com\/en-gb\/insights\/blog\/strategy\/google-driverless-mit-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob\u2019s Roundup: Google\u2019s on Autopilot and MIT Makes Things Unforgettable"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we look at two technologies that are replacing the human factor – Google’s driverless cars and MIT’s image recognition algorithms. Both of these technologies are poised to shake up their respective industries, albeit in vastly different ways.<\/p>\n

Google Creating a Driverless Car Company in 2016<\/h2>\n

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Alphabet (now the parent company of Google), is planning to make its self-driving cars unit a stand-alone business next year<\/a>. The idea is that the driverless cars will be a taxi or Uber replacement, offering rides for hire. This fits solidly with how Google has been talking about its driverless cars and where all that testing has gone. With tens of thousands of hours and only a few minor accidents (That were all caused by other drivers), Google seems extremely confident in the future of driverless cars.<\/p>\n

What does this mean for Taxi companies and drivers? Well in the UK drivers certainly weren’t happy with Uber, so who knows what the reaction will be worldwide in 5-10 years once this becomes the norm. We know that Uber itself opened up a self-driving car lab in 2015<\/a>_<\/span> and its CEO has made no secret of the fact that they will be moving towards a driverless model in the future (even going so far as to say they ‘need self-driving cars to avoid ending up like the taxi industry’).<\/p>\n

However, only days after this announcement, new rules from California regulators<\/a>_<\/span> would severely restrict that idea. In fact, the proposal that requires ‘all driverless cars to have a steering wheel and pedals and a human driver’ kind of makes the whole thing pointless. Google’s whole point is that self-driving cars are much safer than human drivers, and it also ruins one of their main goals – that of accessible driving for people who can’t drive. Like blind people, those with disabilities, elderly and young children.<\/p>\n

Google is so sure about this approach that their car designs don’t even include pedals or wheels. Google has already said these regulations would result in them testing their driverless cars in other states.<\/p>\n

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