GM self-driving tech unit Cruise laying off about 8% of staff
It&#x27;s still keeping the self-driving unit thought, even though there&#x27;s a good chance it won&#x27;t ever be successful. I don&#x27;t think self-driving cars are realistic at all. I bet if you did a study and ran the numbers, it would be cheaper to put down rail on existing roads and make them rail-car only, automate those and subsidize rail cars.<p>I feel in the minority in thinking self driving tech will ever be viable. I&#x27;ve worked in computer vision startups and know how powerful the tech can be, but it still can&#x27;t account with even a fraction of challenging driving conditions. I don&#x27;t think anything short of general purpose AI could handle it. We are some pretty big discoveries away from general AI.<p>I also don&#x27;t think they solve any real transport issues compared to traditional mass transit: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;battlepenguin.com&#x2F;tech&#x2F;self-driving-cars-will-not-solve-the-transportation-problem&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;battlepenguin.com&#x2F;tech&#x2F;self-driving-cars-will-not-so...</a>