Seven years ago, I was a self-driving skeptic. Not of the technology. Of all the “experts” promising autonomous vehicles would be everywhere by 2020. You didn’t need to be Nostradamus to know that was ridiculous. All you needed was some common sense. By the time I was proven right, I was one year on the…
For experienced drivers, getting from point A to B in a city might seem simple. They survey their surroundings, pick a route, and punch the accelerator. But this process only appears simple because humans are naturally gifted at quickly inferring how others around them are likely to act, so that they can predict their next moves and…
Long before this publication launched to chronicle the development of self-driving technology and the industry from our vantage point at Argo AI, the term “ground truth” was well-established in computer science, artificial intelligence, and, for centuries before those fields existed, cartography. As the Oxford Reference defines it, “ground truth” refers to “the facts that are found when a location shown…
In a new series, Ground Truth explores iconic technology throughout pop culture history that left an indelible impression about the future of automation and what self-driving could become. Not necessarily the most capable robots or flashiest driverless cars, but the ones that connected most deeply with us and remain parked in our brains forever. Flashback…
Whenever I’m driving with my mom in the passenger seat, there is a constant monologue of instruction coming out of her: Watch that car ahead of you. Do you see that pedestrian? Go slow, the speed limit just dropped to 35! Yes, mother, I see it all. I’m just not using my outside voice. But maybe…
As the world looks to shift to cleaner, greener modes of transportation, bicycling can be one of the best, most affordable options. Unfortunately, interactions within traffic can pose a danger. In Miami alone, for example, there were 828 bicycle crashes in 2019, many of which involved cars. So as the Covid-19 pandemic has spurred an uptick in…
