# 134. Can We Trust Self-Driving Cars? 🚗💥

- Show: [The Next Byte Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast)
- Published: 2023-08-08
- Length: 23m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2023-08-08-134-can-we-trust-self-driving-cars
- Listen: https://the-next-byte-wevolver.simplecast.com/episodes/134-can-we-trust-self-driving-cars-QE6fvcuA

## Summary

Hosts Daniel and Forbode discuss a proposal by MIT researchers to bridge the gap between autonomous vehicle technologists and regulators by introducing a hybrid safety model. They analyze how remote human supervisors can assist self-driving cars with complex tasks like highway merging, achieving 99.999% reliability when 30% of vehicles are cooperative. The episode highlights the scalability challenges of this approach, noting that while feasible for early adoption, it requires significant labor resources compared to fully autonomous systems.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2023-08-08-134-can-we-trust-self-driving-cars#t=0) Introduction: The Trust Gap in Autonomous Vehicles
- [2:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2023-08-08-134-can-we-trust-self-driving-cars#t=131) The Regulatory and Technologist Divide
- [3:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2023-08-08-134-can-we-trust-self-driving-cars#t=199) MIT's Hybrid System Proposal
- [5:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2023-08-08-134-can-we-trust-self-driving-cars#t=320) Remote Supervision and Starship Robotics Analogy
- [8:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2023-08-08-134-can-we-trust-self-driving-cars#t=498) Cooperative Vehicles and Supervisor Ratios
- [13:43](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2023-08-08-134-can-we-trust-self-driving-cars#t=823) Scalability and Future Adoption
- [19:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2023-08-08-134-can-we-trust-self-driving-cars#t=1165) Conclusion and Recap

## Topics

- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- MIT (company)
- Tesla (company)
- Starship Robotics (company)
- George Mason University (company)
- University of Michigan (company)

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