Report: Software bug led to death in Uber's self-driving crash

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: May 7, 2018 at 6:27:41 PM EDT
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] Report: Software bug led to death in Uber's self-driving crash
>
>
> Report: Software bug led to death in Uber's self-driving crash
>
> https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/05/report-software-bug-led-to-death-in-ubers-self-driving-crash/
>
>      The fatal crash that killed pedestrian Elaine Herzberg in
>    Tempe, Arizona, in March occurred because of a software bug in
>    Uber's self-driving car technology, The Information's Amir
>    Efrati reported on Monday. According to two anonymous sources
>    who talked to Efrati, Uber's sensors did, in fact, detect
>    Herzberg as she crossed the street with her bicycle.
>    Unfortunately, the software classified her as a "false
>    positive" and decided it didn't need to stop for her.
>    Distinguishing between real objects and illusory ones is one
>    of the most basic challenges of developing self-driving car
>    software. Software needs to detect objects like cars,
>    pedestrians, and large rocks in its path and stop or swerve to
>    avoid them. However, there may be other objects--like a
>    plastic bag in the road or a trash can on the sidewalk--that a
>    car can safely ignore. Sensor anomalies may also cause
>    software to detect apparent objects where no objects actually
>    exist.
>
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>
> --Lauren--
> Lauren Weinstein (



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