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I spent an evening teaching the AI to drive a car. It kept stopping.

He spent an evening trying to teach the AI to drive a car. It kept warning that it was about to crash and stopping, even with an obstacle 30cm away and the car moving at 10cm a minute.

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How it works

  1. Spends an evening teaching the AI to drive the car
  2. The AI warns it is about to crash into things 30cm away
  3. It stops again and again while moving at 10cm a minute

Why it’s worth knowing

It could work the driving stack, but it kept stopping for obstacles 30cm away while moving 10cm a minute.

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Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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