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Would you ride in a driverless taxi? AI-powered robotaxis are being tested in London

Supporters of the tech argue that autonomous vehicles could help reduce accidents caused by human error, but London’s iconic black cab drivers remain sceptical.

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00:23Autonomous driving is one of the most complex engineering problems we have today.
00:27It requires developing a safety-critical system that's affordable to be mass-manufactured around the world and has the flexibility
00:36to operate in many markets.
00:38This is an extraordinarily difficult engineering problem.
00:41But the good news is that AI provides a way to develop a level of intelligence that means that we
00:47can drive anywhere with mass-market hardware.
00:56I think I spend more time not driving behind the wheel than driving because it's come to that level.
01:09The majority of accidents we see are human error and having that fuller census suite that's primarily focused on two
01:19things, object detection and classification and path planning and avoidance.
01:24So, you know, that makes them very safe.
01:33Would it be a fad?
01:34You know, technology is evolving, OK?
01:37We're not riding horse and carts.
01:40We're in fact, we're in a £75,000 electric vehicle.
01:44So, we're always evolving.
01:46Are we there yet? No way.
01:48I don't think that.
01:49I don't want to be like an ignorant taxi driver.
01:52No, we're not there yet.
01:54I just don't.
01:54I can't see it.
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