An Instagram video reflecting the dark side of the self-driving autonomous vehicles promised by Elon Musk and Tesla became an agenda on social media. Not only that, it also brought to light a very remarkable issue. Let’s take a look at this entertaining yet thought-provoking video made by a TikToker.
TikToker trolling autonomous vehicles by wearing a t-shirt that says ‘STOP’
A TikTok user, “jasonbcarr”, and a friend who helped him, managed to troll self-driving autonomous vehicles using a very interesting method.
At the heart of this troll is a T-shirt printed on a T-shirt printer that resembles a real stop sign design. This t-shirt was able to fool the perception systems of self-driving cars. Standing on the sidewalk and wearing the T-shirt, “jasonbcarr” was successful in stopping several Waymo Jaguar I-Pace vehicles in different scenarios. This event has caused social media to question the technological limits and intelligence levels of self-driving cars.
It seems quite interesting that self-driving cars can be stopped with such a simple trick, albeit in a humorous way. This shows that artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicle technology has not yet reached the level of human intelligence and can misinterpret certain situations and be fooled by such simple tricks.
But it also shows how far autonomous vehicle technology has come. Autonomous vehicles use a complex array of sensors and algorithms to detect variables and hazards in their environment. This incident offers an important lesson about the future of driverless car technology. As technology advances, artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles will continue to become safer and smarter. But it may take time for such technology to fully mimic human intelligence and correctly interpret all situations.
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