AISelf-driving cars and the pace of progress in physical AI
A commenter argues that persistent problems with self-driving cars, which they call “very simple robots,” show why “physical AI is a slow game.”
TLDR
Writing in September 2026, a commenter credits Dickmanns with the first “truly self-driving cars in traffic” in 1994. They say self-driving cars still face problems 32 years later despite being simple robots with only two degrees of freedom, using that contrast to argue that physical AI advances slowly.
Self-driving cars and the pace of progress in physical AI
A commenter argues that persistent problems with self-driving cars, which they call “very simple robots,” show why “physical AI is a slow game.”
TLDR
Writing in September 2026, a commenter credits Dickmanns with the first “truly self-driving cars in traffic” in 1994. They say self-driving cars still face problems 32 years later despite being simple robots with only two degrees of freedom, using that contrast to argue that physical AI advances slowly.