CNBC response
<p>January 1, 2020, 1:01 PM</p>
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<p>I review the crucial AI problems that need to be solved for full self-driving cars (SDCs) to become a reality. They are 1) intuitive physics (including causal reasoning,) 2) intuitive psychology, and 3) multi-step reasoning and planning. The article is here:</p>
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<p>https://www.bobblum.com/ESSAYS/COMPSCI/self-driving-cars.html</p>
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<p>The sensor suite needs to achieve pixel level RGB-depth (range) at least comparable to human binocular vision (stereopsis) including minimal degradation in bad weather.</p>
<p>This will not be achieved by Tesla, Cruise, or Aurora (or anyone else) for several more years (such that the car can drive autonomously in heavy traffic and bad weather.) Nonetheless, I look forward to exciting progress and gradual widespread rollout of Level 4.</p>