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27th edition of the 11th year of SmartDrivingCars eLetter
Editorial: Cruise and Waymo have passed the “Turing (Kornhauser) Test” for Proof-of-Technology
A. Kornhauser,
July 14, “Happy Bastille Day! What a day for me to write my first editorial. Fane 24 begins its Bastille Day: A brief history of France’s July 14 national holiday… “Bastille Day” is known in France simply as “le Quatorze Juillet”, a reference to the date on which it is held. July 14 became an official national holiday in 1880 to commemorate key turning points in French history.
Today, July 14, 2023, commemorates for me the turning point in autonomous Taxi (aka aTaxi, roboTaxi) history to commemorate aTaxi’s passage of the “Turing (Kornhauser) proof-of-technology” test, as written in Wikipedia… “The Turing test, originally called the imitation game by Alan Turing in 1950,[2] is a test of a machine’s ability to exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human. Turing proposed that a human evaluator would judge natural language conversations between a human and a machine designed to generate human-like responses.
Kornhauser’s “Proof-of-Technology” version of the Turing Test, as it might appear in Wikipedia, would be “… a machine’s ability to give a ride equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human. Kornhauser proposed that a human evaluator would judge rides given in an Operational Design Domain between a human and a machine designed to generate human-like rides given in that Operational Design Domain.”
After spending three days in San Francisco listening to and engaging in discussions describing the testing of driverless cars by Cruise and Waymo, and getting rides given by humans and by machines designed to give human-like rides, I’ve come to the conclusion that, if I kept my eyes closed, I could not tell if a human or a machine was giving me the ride. Rides were indistinguishable. Furthermore, since their simulations and data-supported real-world testing experience have more than satisfied the safety equivalence condition by exceeding it, I can declare that both Cruise and Waymo have passed the “Turing (Kornhauser) Proof-of-Technology Test.”
That is an enormous accomplishment. I for one/many/most/essentially All New Jerseyians can’t wait for Cruise and/or Waymo to assemble sufficient machines, adjust them to address some of the quirks of a Trenton/Mercer County ODD, a Perth Amboy/Middlesex County ODD, a Patterson/Pasaic County ODD, a Newark/Essex County ODD… and offer human-like rides to us. I’m certain Cruise and/or Waymo will find us grateful, thankful, appreciative of the improved quality-of-life that they’ll be able to profitably deliver to so many of us in New Jersey. By coming to New Jersey, they’ll go beyond the “Turing (Kornhauser) Proof-of-Technology” test to pass the “Kornhauser Proof-of-Market” Test. Alain
SmartDrivingCars ZoomCast 325 / PodCast 325 Turing (Kornhauser) Test
- 0:00 F. Fishkin, July 14, “Following a trip to the TRB Symposium in San Francisco and robo-taxi rides with Cruise and Waymo, Princeton’s Alain Kornhauser declares they have passed the Turing (Kornhauser) Test of Proof of Technology. Now, he says, it is time for Proof of Market. How? Episode 325 of Smart Driving Cars with co-host Fred Fishkin.
- 0:30 Alain editorial on Cruise and Waymo passing the Turing (Kornhauser) Test..proof of technology
- 2:20 Super impressed with accomplishments of Cruise and Waymo
- 10:10 More on “Turing” test
- 15:46 Continuing battle for acceptance of robotaxis in San Francisco
- 26:30 Now need Proof of Market for robotaxis
- 38:14 Cruise takes out ads while Waymo posts about faulty human drivers
- 46:15 U.S. News reports from TRB on new self driving regulations coming
- 57:30 VW begins autonomous ID.Buzz rides in Munich
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